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  • Press
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Press Release: WIEGO study reveals informal workers in Accra are in crisis with no recovery and no relief: going hungry, earning less than before the pandemic

    A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Cooperatives Cushion Catadores Against Worst of Pandemic

    Key Points Waste-picker cooperatives cushioned Brazil’s waste pickers (known locally as catadores) against the worst economic impacts of...

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  • Resource Documents

    Inclusive Recycling in Waste Picker Cooperatives in Brazil: Impacts of COVID-19 Comparative Analysis 2020-2021

    See related brief. Key Points: Cooperatives were able to quickly implement COVID-19 protocols in the sorting sheds, thus achieving greater...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Delhi, India: Continued Economic Impact and Uneven Recovery

    There are an estimated 4.92 million informal workers in Delhi, India, comprising over 80% of the city’s total workforce. This report...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Domestic workers’ limited legal and social protection in Tanzania has compounded the impact of the pandemic on workers’ socio-economic circumstances....

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  • Policy Insights No. 9 thumbnail Global Reports

    COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 9 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to waste pickers based...

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  • Research Reports

    Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

    This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

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  • Research Reports

    Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A

    This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

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  • Press
    Access to Public Space

    WIEGO Statement: WIEGO calls for an end to forced evictions of informal workers in Accra

    WIEGO joins the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) to call upon the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in Accra, Ghana to immediately...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based...

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