1/ If people can’t work, they can’t eat.

@aniewang and me published a press release today highlighting the impact of the COVID-19-imposed lockdown on informal workers in Nigeria.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/14/nigeria-protect-most-vulnerable-covid-19-response#

2/ Nigerian grassroots groups are already doing vital work documenting the impact the virus is having on local communities, like this “Corona Diaries” blog by @justempower.

https://www.justempower.org/coronadiaries 

3/ . @hrw has also looked at the way that poverty affects how people experience COVID-19 in Lebanon, where @lenasimet warned that, “if the government does not step in, more than half the population may not be able to afford food and basic necessities.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/08/lebanon-direct-covid-19-assistance-hardest-hit

4/ We’ve also documented how the United States’ own economic response to COVID shortchanges workers, with @sarah_saadoun warning that, “the most vulnerable will bear the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/30/us-economic-relief-package-shortchanges-workers

5/ As @aniewang concludes in our Nigeria piece, governments need to deploy, “more resources, creativity, and transparency” to ensure that people have access to food, water and shelter during this unprecedented crisis.