Press Releases
WIEGO’s press releases feature research, advocacy and insights on the informal economy and issues affecting workers in informal employment around the world.
Featured Story Catadores e catadoras obtêm apoio governamental para aumentar sua resiliência às mudanças climáticas
Um novo estudo realizado pela WIEGO mostra que 90% dos catadores e catadoras entrevistados em diferentes regiões do Brasil sofreram com eventos meteorológicos extremos relacionados às mudanças do clima Ministério...
Read More Featured Story Waste pickers procure government support to improve their resilience to climate change
New study from WIEGO shows 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil have experienced climate-change-related extreme weather events Public Ministry of Minas Gerais signs commitment to build climate...
Read More Featured Story Comunicado de imprensa – Catado res e catado ras de materiais recicláveis sofrem o impacto de eventos climáticos extremos
Estudo brasileiro mostra por que os catadores e as catadoras são essenciais para o planejamento da adaptação climática. Mais de 90% dos catadores entrevistados e das catadoras entrevistadas em todo o...
Read More Featured Story Press Release – Waste pickers bearing brunt of extreme weather events
Brazilian study shows why waste pickers are essential to climate adaptation planning. More than 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil have experienced climate change-related extreme weather events...
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Featured Story Press Release: WIEGO study reveals informal workers in Accra are in crisis with no recovery and no relief: going hungry, earning less than before the pandemic
A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are in crisis, earning far less in 2021 than they did before the...
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Featured Story WIEGO Statement: WIEGO calls for an end to forced evictions of informal workers in Accra
WIEGO joins the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) to call upon the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in Accra, Ghana to immediately stop, and make remedy for, forced evictions of vendors...
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Featured Story Press Release: Study Shows Stalled COVID-19 Recovery Leaves Workers in Informal Employment Hungry, No Govt Relief
Nearly one-third of respondents in mid-2021 said family members had gone hungry over the last month. Despite dire need, government cash and food support has stagnated since the first three months of...
Read More Featured Story New calculator reveals the amount of equivalent CO2 mitigated by waste picker activity
In time for the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a new tool for calculating greenhouse gas emissions mitigated by waste pickers activity will be shared with the public for the first time. ...
Read More Featured Story Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions
Contact: Nicole Pryor – nicole.pryor@wiego.org, Graciela Mora – graciela.mora@wiego.org, Kendra Hughes – kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment workers from production countries call for new...
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Featured Story Personas en trabajo informal demandan ser incluidas en recuperación económica
Personas en trabajo informal demandan ser incluidas en recuperación económica Estudio de WIEGO revela que más de la mitad de las personas entrevistadas dejaron de de trabajar durante el confinamiento. ...
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