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  • Resource Documents

    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...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana

    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...

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

    Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    Data from the first round of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study in 12 cities point to three common patterns across...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods

    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...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods

    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...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    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...

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  • Waste pickers collecting recyclables on Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Ghanaian government leaves waste pickers to fend for themselves amidst COVID-19 pandemic

    In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with informal workers worldwide struggling to earn a living, the Ghanaian government began the decommissioning...

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  • Waste pickers collecting recyclables on Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    El gobierno de Ghana deja desamparadas a las personas recicladoras en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19

    En medio de la pandemia de COVID-19, mientras las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal de todo el mundo luchan por sobrevivir, el gobierno...

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  • Waste pickers collecting recyclables on Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Le gouvernement ghanéen laisse les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux se débrouiller seul·e·s face à la pandémie de la COVID-19

    En pleine pandémie COVID-19, alors que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel du monde entier luttent pour gagner leur vie, le gouvernement...

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  • Accra Waste pickers - Dean Saffron News
    Access to Public Space

    Waste pickers in Accra demand consultation on livelihoods in advance of landfill closure

    Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra’s Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off...

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