Region: Africa

Re-examining Legal Narratives on Vagrancy, Public Spaces and Colonial Constructs: A Commentary on the ACHPR’s Advisory Opinion on Vagrancy Laws in Africa

This edition of Law and Informality Insights analyzes the implications for informal workers of the recent African Court on Human and Peoples’...

Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru

Key Points The public health measures taken to contain the pandemic coupled with the economic slowdown have significantly reduced women informal...

Fermeture progressive de Mbeubeuss : A quand un processus plus inclusif et transparent pour protéger les récupératrice-eur-s ?

Alors que le président Macky Sall lance officiellement ce jour PROMOGED, le projet de transformation de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, WIEGO alerte...

Extending Social Protection to Women and Men in the Informal Economy

• June 3, 2021 - June 19, 2021
• ILO Headquarters, Geneva
  Virtual

109th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)   ‣ ILO final Statement ‣ Introduction ‣ Global Network Position Paper ‣ Notable...

Tracking Home-Based Workers in Ethiopia and Kenya

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TV interview on lockdown’s impact on informal workers in South Africa

WIEGO’s Urban Policies Research Director, Caroline Skinner, spoke with eNCA’s Uveka Rangappa on March 16 about the impact of...

Romilla Chetty, the first woman in her family to run the vendor business in South Africa

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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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

In South Africa, informal workers in general, and women informal workers in particular, have been disproportionately hard hit by measures...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...