Informal Workers in Senegal: A Statistical Profile
In Senegal, 84 per cent of employment is informal. This brief examines six groups of informal workers who comprised over three-quarters of...
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Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis
Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...
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Worker-led Social Protection Schemes Provide a Lifeline
Informal economy worker-led social protection schemes are certainly not a substitute for universal social protection, but they can play a...
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International Women’s Day 2022
For International Women’s Day, WIEGO looks at the foundation that women leaders of worker organizations have laid during the pandemic...
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Coura Ndiaye – a waste picker leader in Dakar, Senegal
Coura Ndiaye – or “Mother Coura” as people call her out of respect for her age and the number of years she has worked as a waste picker –...
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Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana
Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery
Domestic workers’ limited legal and social protection in Tanzania has compounded the impact of the pandemic on workers’ socio-economic circumstances....
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery
Informal workers in and around Accra’s markets – street vendors, market traders and kayayei – provide affordable goods and services and form...
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Inclusive Public Space Planning & Design: Lessons from Asiye eTafuleni, Durban, South Africa.
This document reflects on the work of Asiye eTafuleni, a non-profit organization operating out of inner-city Durban, South Africa. Asiye...
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery
This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that...
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