WIEGO in The Economist
“Someone from the public or the government doesn’t wake up one morning and think ‘Let’s think about the waste pickers’,” she says. “These...
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Policy Insights
Policy Insights: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize February...
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Global Findings
Global Findings: The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study is a WIEGO-coordinated multi-city longitudinal study that assesses the...
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WIEGO joins call for IMF to stop promoting austerity measures in the COVID-19 recovery period
We, the undersigned, call on the IMF to immediately stop promoting austerity around the world, and instead advocate policies that advance...
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Joint Statement Garment Workers COVID-19
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The world’s most vulnerable garment workers aren’t in factories – and global brands need to step up to protect them
Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading...
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Informal work in the 21st century: A curated reading list
The world is rapidly transforming and one of the biggest trends right now is the new world of work. But forget all the talk about a future...
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Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won
In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...
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Five ways to achieve SDGs through grassroots change
The clock is ticking on the road to meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets by 2030. Governments everywhere are strategizing...
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Who’s really “greening” future cities?
As COP25 gets underway, our deep dive into two years of news coverage reveals that the green army of waste pickers leading urban recycling...
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