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  • Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes—Waste Picker Worker Story

    ‘The Pretty Ones’

    Português   By Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes   I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and...

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  • Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes—Waste Picker Worker Story

    Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, member of the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Bangkok, Thailand

    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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  • City/Country Level Reports

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

    कोविड-19 संकट और अनौपचारिक अर्थव्यवस्था

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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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  • City/Country Level 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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  • 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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  • 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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