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  • Accra waste pickers 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 Deal brief cover Research 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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  • thumbnail of Organising Precarious Workers in the Global South cover 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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  • cover resumen ddrr 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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  • SEWA health care worker, member of cooperative 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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  • Woman working at Mbeubeuss landfill, Dakar News
    SSE and Cooperatives October 07, 2019

    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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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    Brazilian 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

    Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

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  • Journal Articles

    Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period

    The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...

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  • Research Reports

    Organising Informal Transport Workers

    Abstract: This broad overview report combines general information with information from four case studies: National Union of Transport and...

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