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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 in Dakar, Senegal News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Les récupérateurs de Mbeubeuss sensibilisent et distribuent des masques

    Les récupératrice.eur.s de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, à Dakar, n’ont pas attendu le soutien de l’Etat. Elles.Ils ont  pris les devants...

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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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  • Sally Roever News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    COVID-19: What happens to women with low incomes after they lose their jobs?

    “It’s very hard to see what the other end of this crisis is going to look like at the grassroots level, at the base of the economic...

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  • Research Reports

    Impactos da pandemia de COVID-19 sobre reciclagem inclusiva no Brasil

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  • Research Reports

    Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inclusive Recycling in Brazil

    Totally reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important if we take into consideration that waste pickers are an essential part...

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  • Informal worker Iris Lamiorkor runs a snack stand at Kwame Nkrumah Circle Market. Unlike other vendors who sell during the day Page

    Social Protection Briefing Notes

    WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

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  • Portrait of Marty Chen, WIEGO Senior Advisor News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Marty Chen in IDS Webinar on Informal Workers: What Can Be Done

    WIEGO Senior Advisor Marty Chen recently participated in an Institute of Development Studies webinar, “The COVID-19 crisis facing informal...

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