Africa

Social Protection Responses Brief 7 – English

Social Protection Responses Brief 7 – Spanish

Women, Informal Work & COVID-19: Data-based Policy Considerations

• October 21, 2020
• Online
  

2pm-3.30pm South African time

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...

‘Punished for their poverty’: Street traders in South Africa

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

Using learnings from the Ebola crisis

When COVID-19 hit, Vandi Lansana knew what he had to do. As National Vice President of the Sierra Leone Traders’ Union, he had dealt with...

Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...

No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

Ne pas nuire aux travailleuse·eur·s : pourquoi le harcèlement des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel nuit à la santé publique et à la reprise économique

Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Mexico fournissent de la nourriture à un prix abordable, dans des endroits en plein air, aux populations souffrant...