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  • 2 Billion Strong: Recovery Starts With Us News
    Building Collective Power April 30, 2020

    COVID-19 and the World’s Two Billion Informal Economy Workers

    A WIEGO Network Global Solidarity Platform May 1, 2020 Platform (PDF) Download WhatsApp version and headers for Facebook and Twitter here ...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    WIEGO Network Global Solidarity Platform May 1, 2020

    Informal economy workers’ organizations across the global economy call on governments at all levels to partner with us on relief, recovery...

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    Building Collective Power April 03, 2020

    To die from hunger or the virus: An all too real dilemma for the poor in India (and elsewhere)

    The double tsunami of the pandemic and lockdown in India will continue to have devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the poor,...

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  • Research Reports

    Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations

    Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing...

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  • Research Reports

    Interactions between Workers’ Organizations and Workers in the Informal Economy: A Compendium of Practice

    This Compendium demonstrates successful interactions by workers organizations with workers in the informal economy to reduce decent work...

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  • Accra waste pickers News
    Climate Change and Just Transition February 28, 2020

    March 1-5: Activities mark Int’l Waste Pickers’ Day

    On March 1st, waste pickers around the globe will mark International Waste Pickers’ Day. Activities on that day and through the week...

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    Social Dialogue for the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy

    Six case studies in this Global Deal thematic brief are based on research commissioned from WIEGO. Jane Barrett, Director of Organization...

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    Worker Rights in Informal Economies

    In this article, contained in the volume Organising Precarious Workers in the Global South (Beyond Slavery/Open Democracy), Sally Roever...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Enfocandonos en las trabajadoras informales: recicladoras de basura

    Also available in English here

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    Resumen Ejectivo – La situación de los derechos humanos de la comunidad recicladora en América Latina: un reclamo urgente por respeto a través de estándares internacionales

    El objetivo de este informe es brindar argumentos y herramientas jurídicas que permitan proteger efectivamente los derechos humanos de las...

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