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  • Research Reports

    असंगठित क्षेत्र पर कोविड-19 संकट का प्रभाव: दिल्ली में असंगठित कामगार

    कोविड-19 संकट और अनौपचारिक अर्थव्यवस्था

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  • News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study February 23, 2021

    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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  • Research Reports

    La crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal: Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal en Lima, Perú

    La crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal es un estudio longitudinal liderado por WIEGO en 12 ciudades del mundo, que se enfoca en...

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  • COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Delhi, India

    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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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa. Photo: Jane Barrett Project

    Coping in Crisis: South African Workers’ Lives in COVID-19

    Background There is widespread recognition, both internationally and in South Africa, that the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Ahmedabad, India

    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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  • Research 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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  • Ernestine Mohloboli_Johannesburg reclaimer Worker Story

    The Art of Recovery: A Johannesburg Reclaimer’s Story

    Ernestine Mohloboli, a former artist who now makes a living collecting waste in Johannesburg, has long been a proponent of organizing reclaimers....

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  • Worker Story

    View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19

    When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....

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