Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

Three Examples of Why Workers’ Voices Matter During the COVID-19 Crisis

Sixty per cent of the world’s workforce consists of informal workers. Their voices are crucial to unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility...

Las voces de lxs trabajadorxs importan: Tres ejemplos que lo demuestran

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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...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights 1: Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to lockdown effects on workers’ earnings and relief measures for informal workers...

The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Africa

This paper analyses the COVID-19 laws of 41 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone African countries with an informal trading lens. It considers...

VimoSEWA Case Study

SEWA Social Security Case Studies

COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders in Namibia

‘Punished for their poverty’: Street traders under COVID-19

Because it often takes litigation to get city authorities to protect informal traders’ rights, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study

WIEGO and our partners are listening long and hard to informal workers through our multi-city study: COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy....