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Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel sur le front de la COVID-19 : Fournir des services essentiels sans protection ni rémunération adéquates
Même si plusieurs travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel sont aujourd’hui considéré·e·s comme des « travailleuse·eur·s essentiel·le·s »,...
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STREET VENDORS: Essential Goods and Urgent Needs
Photo: Feliciana Carcasi Luque sells food at the Mercado Modelo Pamplona in Lima, where some vendors who sell essentials have been allowed...
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To die from hunger or the virus: An all too real dilemma for the poor in India (and elsewhere)
The double tsunami of the pandemic and lockdown in India will continue to have devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the poor,...
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Cette nouvelle crise fait ressortir les vieilles injustices dans l’économie mondiale
Les rapports sinistres sur les systèmes de santé débordés d’ici et d’autres parties de l’Europe, ainsi que de l’Amérique du Nord, ont dominé...
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Esta nueva crisis acentúa las antiguas injusticias de la economía global
La cobertura de COVID-19 por parte de muchos de los medios de comunicación más influyentes del mundo ha estado dominada por informes desalentadores...
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This new crisis underscores old injustices in the global economy
Grim reports of overwhelmed health systems from here and other parts of Europe, as well as North America, have dominated COVID-19 coverage...
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WASTE PICKERS: Essential Service Providers at Risk
Waste pickers provide essential services and face specific risks in this pandemic–from handling contaminated materials to losing essential...
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Pandemia: las personas trabajadoras en la economía informal necesitan con urgencia una sustitución de ingresos y más protecciones
“Aplanar la curva” se ha convertido en el mantra de la pandemia del COVID-19, pero los pedidos de autoaislamiento y de distanciamiento social...
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Pandémie : les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel ont besoin d’un remplacement du revenu de toute urgence et de plus de protections
« Aplatir la courbe » est devenu un mantra de la pandémie COVID-19, mais les appels à l’auto-isolement et à la distanciation sociale...
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Pandemic: Informal workers urgently need income replacement — and more protections
Social distancing and staying home are real possibilities for middle-class office workers covered by social security. They are much less...
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