Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil
Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....
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Manual for Domestic Workers: Organizing a Better Future
This manual, by Committee for Asian Women (CAW) aims to assist the leaders of domestic worker groups to come out of a powerless situation...
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In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice
Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...
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WIEGO MBO Newsletter
Our MBO (Membership-based Organization) Newsletter series has been revived, with a new format featuring shorter and more focused stories. ...
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Challenges of Organizing Informal Workers
Challenges in organizing the informal workforce can be specific to the sector or local context, but the challenges in this overview are similar...
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Waste Integration in South Africa (WISA)
Informal waste pickers play an integral role in South Africa’s waste industry and keep tonnes of material out of landfills. Now, they are...
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Latin American Home-based Workers Celebrate Launch of New Regional Organization
Latin American home-based workers have taken an important step in creating a unified front to fight for their visibility and rights as workers....
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Implementing the New Urban Agenda
How Local and National Governments Can Support the Urban Informal Economy More than 50 per cent of the urban work force in most developing...
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