Sex Workers in Chile Continue to Face the Consequences of COVID-19 Without Government Assistance 

Photograph Source: Fibonacci Blue – CC BY 2.0

A little over a year ago, WHO declared the end of the COVID-19 health emergency. The pandemic had disastrous consequences for workers, especially those in the informal sector. According to a World Bank report, the last five years will reflect the lowest figures for economic growth in the last 30 years: 40 percent of low-income countries will remain poorer than they were before the pandemic.

In Chile, 2 million jobs were lost during the pandemic.