Advocacy brief: Three emergency social protection measures to support women in the informal economy in the COVID-19 crisis
As COVID-19 spreads in Africa, informal workers are hard-pressed to comply with social distancing or confinement measures, as they need to work to provide for their basic needs. This brief highlights three things that UN Women country offices can advocate for to ensure that women working in the informal economy are taken into account in the current crisis:
- Expand coverage of unconditional cash transfers to informal workers public
- Works programmes for women-led production of personal protective equipment
- Gender-responsive procurement of key supplies for in-kind transfers
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Bibliographic information
Geographic coverage:
Africa
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Côte d’Ivoire
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Subject areas:
COVID-19
Economic empowerment
Employment
Governance and national planning
Health
Social protection
Resource type(s):
Briefs
UN Women office publishing:
West and Central Africa Regional Office
Publication year
2020
Number of pages
6
Publishing entity/ies:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
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