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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Policy/Position Documents
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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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Global 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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News
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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Global Reports
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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Books & Book Chapters
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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Project
WIEGO’s Work with Cooperatives
Cooperatives are an important form of democratic organization and solidarity for informal workers, who come together to gain access to services...
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News
Project to help improve working conditions for Mbeubeuss waste pickers
WIEGO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a joint initiative to work with waste pickers at Mbeubeuss, the largest...
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