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  • Advocacy Materials

    Measures to tackle gender-based violence amid the global pandemic

    In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

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  • Trader, Accra - Ghana Research Reports

    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...

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  • Homeworker in Tiruppur, India Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study December 18, 2020

    Top 5 lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

    It has been a year like no other. As the pandemic encompassed large swathes of the world, calls for staying home starkly emphasized the inequalities...

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  • Homeworker in Tiruppur, India Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study December 18, 2020

    5 aprendizajes de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020

    Mientras la pandemia se extendía por el mundo, el llamado a quedarse en casa recrudeció las desigualdades de nuestra sociedad. La crisis...

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  • Four working women wearing masks Page

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Policy Insights

    Policy Insights: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize February...

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  • Four working women wearing masks Page

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Global Findings

    Global Findings: The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study is a WIEGO-coordinated multi-city longitudinal study that assesses the...

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  • Global Reports

    Informal Workers and the Social Protection Response to COVID-19: Who got relief? How? And did it make a difference?

    Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to COVID-19 food and cash relief measures for informal workers based on research undertaken...

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  • Press
    COVID-19 Crisis Study November 25, 2020

    Press Release: Informal workers face a stark recovery

    español Locked down, then locked out: Informal workers face a stark recovery Over 60% of the world’s employed population works in the informal...

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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 23, 2020

    Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel prévoient un long chemin vers la reprise – à moins que les gouvernements passent à l’action –

    Les informations recueillies lors du premier cycle de l’étude sur la crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle menée par WIEGO dans 12...

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