Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

Street vending in times of COVID-19 (English)

Trois exemples de l’importance des voix des travailleuse·eur·s pendant la crise de la COVID-19

Soixante pour cent de la population occupée dans le monde est constituée de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Leurs voix sont cruciales pour...

Three Examples of Why Workers’ Voices Matter During the COVID-19 Crisis

Sixty per cent of the world’s workforce consists of informal workers. Their voices are crucial to unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility...

Las voces de lxs trabajadorxs importan: Tres ejemplos que lo demuestran

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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights 1: Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to lockdown effects on workers’ earnings and relief measures for informal workers...

The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Africa

This paper analyses the COVID-19 laws of 41 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone African countries with an informal trading lens. It considers...

VimoSEWA Case Study

SEWA Social Security Case Studies

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...