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Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty
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From Isolation to Collective Power: Legal Empowerment for Domestic Workers
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Key Outcomes from the 2025 International Labour Conference and Why They Matter for Workers in Informal Employment
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The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers
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A Tragédia Climática do Rio Grande do Sul Revisitada à Luz dos Catadore-as de Recicláveis
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The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina
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Labour Rights are Human Rights! Beyond the Slogan for Workers in Informal Employment
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What Will 2021 Look Like For Informal Workers? An Interview With Sally Roever, WIEGO’s International Coordinator
WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Sally Roever, looks back on 2020 and talks about how lessons learnt last year can be used to improve...
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Three Examples of Why Workers’ Voices Matter During the COVID-19 Crisis
Sixty per cent of the world’s workforce consists of informal workers. Their voices are crucial to unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility...
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Las voces de lxs trabajadorxs importan: Tres ejemplos que lo demuestran
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Trois exemples de l’importance des voix des travailleuse·eur·s pendant la crise de la COVID-19
Soixante pour cent de la population occupée dans le monde est constituée de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Leurs voix sont cruciales pour...
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Les 5 grandes leçons de la pandémie de la COVID-19 en 2020
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5 aprendizajes de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020
Mientras la pandemia se extendía por el mundo, el llamado a quedarse en casa recrudeció las desigualdades de nuestra sociedad. La crisis...
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Top 5 lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
It has been a year like no other. As the pandemic encompassed large swathes of the world, calls for staying home starkly emphasized the inequalities...
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Human rights violations signal urgent need to improve waste pickers’ working conditions in Latin America
For waste pickers, harassment is a part of daily life, also before the pandemic. Our reports on human rights in Latin America serve as a...
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Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel prévoient un long chemin vers la reprise – à moins que les gouvernements passent à l’action –
Les informations recueillies lors du premier cycle de l’étude sur la crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle menée par WIEGO dans 12...
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Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act
Data from the first round of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study in 12 cities point to three common patterns across...
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