Child Care in Markets
Workers in informal employment often lack access to high quality public services, including child-care services. Lack of child-care support...
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Technical Briefs
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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City/Country Level Reports
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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Waste pickers in Tshwane (Pretoria) face displacement and loss of livelihoods as a result of evictions
WIEGO and its affiliates stand in solidarity with the 180 waste pickers in Mushroomville who were given notice of eviction on 15th November...
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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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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...
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Worker Story
Romilla Chetty, the first woman in her family to run the vendor business in South Africa
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Mujeres líderes
English Français Para el Día Internacional de las Mujeres, WIEGO reunió las voces de mujeres líderes cuyas organizaciones dieron...
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Women Leaders
Español Français For International Women’s Day, WIEGO amplified the voices of women leaders whose organizations stepped up...
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Coping in Crisis: South African Workers’ Lives in COVID-19
This joint WIEGO and UN Women advocacy initiative gives an in-depth account of the experiences of women informal workers in South Africa...
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