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  • Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa. Photo: Jane Barrett Project

    Coping in Crisis: South African Workers’ Lives in COVID-19

    Background There is widespread recognition, both internationally and in South Africa, that the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have...

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Ahmedabad, India

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Worker Story

    Hopes Go Up in Smoke: A Migrant Street Trader in Durban, South Africa

    For immigrant street traders in Durban, life was hard and lean before COVID-19. When South Africa imposed a strict lockdown in response to...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Worker Story

    Undeterred in the Face of a Crisis: Profile of a Market Trader in Durban, South Africa

    A determined advocate in the struggle for traders’ rights, Romilla Chetty was desperate to get her trading stalls at Durban’s Warwick Junction...

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Street Vendors in New York City, USA

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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  • COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Pleven, Bulgaria

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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  • Four working women wearing masks Page

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: City Fact Sheets

    City Fact Sheets: 1 – Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery...

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    COVID-19 Crisis Study January 21, 2021

    Trois exemples de l’importance des voix des travailleuse·eur·s pendant la crise de la COVID-19

    Soixante pour cent de la population occupée dans le monde est constituée de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Leurs voix sont cruciales pour...

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    Las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal y la respuesta de protección social a la COVID-19: ¿Quién recibió medidas de alivio? ¿Cómo? ¿Marcaron la diferencia?

    La crisis de la COVID-19 y la Economía informal Conclusiones principales y recomendaciones de políticas relativas a los subsidios en efectivo...

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