COVID-19 has exposed government inaction in extending dignity and fairness to informal economy workers in the most brutal way. Let’s take a look inside the policy toolbox governments have used to get workers through the COVID-19 crisis.
COVID-19 has exposed government inaction in extending dignity and fairness to informal economy workers in the most brutal way. Let’s take a look inside the policy toolbox governments have used to get workers through the COVID-19 crisis.
Yola Verbruggen, Ana Carolina Ogando, Marcela Valdivia
Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their earnings as the pandemic took hold. This blog describes some of the most crucial issues workers faced during the pandemic, based on the interviews conducted for WIEGO’s COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study as lockdowns were imposed worldwide.
Yola Verbruggen, Ana Carolina Ogando, Marcela Valdivia
Les travailleuse·eur·s de l'économie informelle ont perdu près de 80 % de leurs revenus lorsque la pandémie est arrivée. Essentiel·le·s au maintien des systèmes d'alimentation, de soins et de gestion des déchets pendant la crise, elles·ils ont pourtant été les plus durement touché·e·s, car elles·ils ne pouvaient pas cotiser aux régimes de sécurité sociale et étaient exclu·e·s des prestations destinées aux personnes les plus vulnérables.
Yola Verbruggen, Ana Carolina Ogando, Marcela Valdivia
Como consecuencia de la pandemia, lxs trabajadorxs en la economía informal perdieron cerca del 80 % de sus ingresos. Durante la crisis, cumplieron un rol esencial en el sostenimiento de los sistemas de gestión de alimentos, cuidados y residuos. Y, sin embargo, fueron lxs más golpeadxs, ya que no pueden contribuir a los esquemas de seguridad social ni acceder a los beneficios destinados a los sectores más vulnerables.
