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Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions

By , , , on February 15, 2021

In South Africa, informal workers in general, and women informal workers in particular, have been disproportionately hard hit by measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This policy brief provides details of the impacts on informal workers' livelihoods of pandemic restriction orders and recommends various measures to avert chronic hardship.

This brief is among the outputs of a joint WIEGO and UN Women project.

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Skinner, Caroline, Barrett, Jane, Alfers, Laura, and Rogan, Michael. Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22, , . WIEGO, 2021. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WIEGO_PoliciyBrief_N22 UN South Africa COVID for web.pdfSkinner, C., Barrett, J., Alfers, L., and Rogan, M. (2021). Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WIEGO_PoliciyBrief_N22 UN South Africa COVID for web.pdfSkinner, Caroline, Barrett, Jane, Alfers, Laura, and Rogan, Michael. "Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22, WIEGO, 2021, .Skinner Caroline, Barrett Jane, Alfers Laura, and Rogan Michael. "Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22 (2021). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WIEGO_PoliciyBrief_N22 UN South Africa COVID for web.pdfSkinner, C, Barrett, J, Alfers, L, and Rogan, M 2021, 'Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions', WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WIEGO_PoliciyBrief_N22 UN South Africa COVID for web.pdfCaroline Skinner, Jane Barrett, Laura Alfers, and Michael Rogan, 'Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions' (2021) WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22 Skinner C., Barrett J., Alfers L., and Rogan M. Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22. 2021. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WIEGO_PoliciyBrief_N22 UN South Africa COVID for web.pdfSkinner, Caroline, Barrett, Jane, Alfers, Laura, and Rogan, Michael. Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 22. 2021. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WIEGO_PoliciyBrief_N22 UN South Africa COVID for web.pdf

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