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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

    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

    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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  • Global Reports

    Cooperation among workers in the informal economy: A focus on home-based workers and waste pickers

    This joint report by the International Labour Organization and WIEGO aims to deepen understanding on the nature and role of cooperatives...

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  • Research Reports

    Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines

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  • Research Reports

    Extending Labor Standards to Informal Workers at the Base of Global Garment Value Chains: New Institutions in the Labor Market

    This report presents three examples of emerging institutional arrangements in the labor market from the perspective of the author who works...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

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