Region: Argentina

Street Vendors’ Rights in Public Space

• March 11, 2026
• Business Center Fontabella, 4.ª Avenida 12-24 Zona 10 HQ Fontabella, Ciudad de Guatemala
  In Person and Online

How Do Cooperatives Ensure Accessible Healthcare and Childcare for Workers?

How Cooperatives Improve Workers’ Economic and Productive Capacities

The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina

Public Hearing on “Impact of Social Policies on Workers in the Popular Economy in Argentina” at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

• November 14, 2024
• Online

Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP)

Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

Written Observations on the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Content and Scope of the Right to Care as a Human Right and its Interrelation with Other Rights

WIEGO submitted written observations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the right to care. The submission was developed...

‘We Are Not Alone’: Waste Pickers Worldwide Unite

In this interview, Leonor Larraburu of the Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP) in Argentina tells us about...

Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation

Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...