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  • Waste Pickers in Colombia during COVID-19 crisis Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 08, 2020

    Le recyclage en Colombie : Un service essentiel en temps de la COVID-19

    Dans un webinaire de la série La voix des travailleuse·eur·s, Nohra Padilla, dirigeante de l’Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) et...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 08, 2020

    Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

    Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 08, 2020

    No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

    Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 08, 2020

    Ne pas nuire aux travailleuse·eur·s : pourquoi le harcèlement des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel nuit à la santé publique et à la reprise économique

    Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Mexico fournissent de la nourriture à un prix abordable, dans des endroits en plein air, aux populations souffrant...

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  • Guillermo Pérez Herrera Page

    WIEGO lamenta la pérdida de Guillermo Pérez

    La comunidad que anida para el trabajo de WIEGO en Perú – que incluye miembros del equipo de WIEGO, socios, dirigentes y miembros de...

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  • Guillermo Pérez Herrera News
    Profiles/Workers’ Stories August 24, 2020

    WIEGO Mourns the Loss of Guillermo Pérez

    The community in which WIEGO’s work in Peru is rooted, which includes WIEGO team members, partners, leaders and members of workers’...

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  • Law & Informality Insights

    The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Informal Workers: A Review of 51 Countries

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  • Research Reports

    Impactos da pandemia de COVID-19 sobre reciclagem inclusiva no Brasil

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  • Resource Documents

    No Place for Street Vendors: Global Capital and Local Exclusion in an East Asian Immigrant Enclave of New York City

    The survey on which this Resource Document is based shows that, for many people in the New York City neighbourhood of Flushing, a good neighbourhood...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Mexico: A Statistical Snapshot

    This Brief provides statistics on the informal economy and categories of informal workers in Mexico. The data in this brief are based on...

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