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    Impact Of Covid-19 On Women Workers In The Urban Informal Economy In Uganda And Kenya

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    2022
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    Suubi, Kirabo
    Yegon, Erick
    Ajema, Carol
    Wandera, Naome
    Afifu, Chryspin
    Mugyenyi, Cleopatra
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    Globally, 2 billion of the world’s employed population aged 15 and older work informally, representing 61.2 percent of global employment, with the vast majority of employment in Africa (85.8 percent) being informal (ILO, 2018). In Uganda, nearly 14 million or 98 percent of Uganda’s total working-age population is engaged in the informal sector; of these, 87 percent are women workers. The informal sector has, for the last decade, consistently contributed more than 55 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In Kenya, the informal sector by 2019 provided a livelihood to approximately 15 million people and absorbed up to 88 percent of the women workers, according to the International Labour Organization. The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is implementing REBUILD, a research project that seeks to understand how the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis and policy response affected informal women workers of Kenya and Uganda. ICRW undertook a review of secondary data on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal women workers in Kenya and Uganda. This report presents summary findings and recommendations from our study, we conducted an analytical review of data from institutional reports, published articles, journal papers, policy reports, and secondary data analysis
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    Suubi, K.; Yegon E.; Ajema, C.; Wandera, N.; Afifu, C. and Mugyenyi, C. (2022) Impact of COVID-19 on Women Workers in the Urban Informal Economy in Uganda and Kenya: Secondary Data Review. Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
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