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Climate Change and Just Transition February 28, 2020March 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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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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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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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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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
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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