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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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Research Reports
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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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
SSE and Cooperatives October 07, 2019Project 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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News
SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...
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Research Reports
Organizando nas Ruas: Um estudo dos Catadores de recicláveis nas ruas da Cidade do Cabo
Um resumo baseado no relatório de Koni Benson e Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, (ILRIG) – Grupo Internacional de Informação e Pesquisa de Trabalho
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Journal Articles
Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America
Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...
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Journal Articles
Reshaping the social contract: emerging relations between the state and informal labor in India
Abstract: This article focuses on informal construction and bidi (local tobacco) workers in India. Informal workers in these sectors can...
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Journal Articles
The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models
Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...
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Research Reports
Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment
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