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  • Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes—Waste Picker Worker Story

    ‘As Bonitas’

    English   Por Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes   Sou Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. Tenho 25 anos, sou uma jovem negra e catadora de materiais...

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  • Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes—Waste Picker Worker Story

    ‘The Pretty Ones’

    Português   By Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes   I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and...

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  • Marcelina Bautista—Domestic Worker Worker Story

    Marcelina Bautista, founder of the Center for Support and Training of Domestic Workers in Mexico

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  • Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes—Waste Picker Worker Story

    Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, member of the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Street Vendors in New York City, USA

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Canners in New York City, USA

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Mesures visant à lutter contre la violence basée sur le genre dans le contexte de la pandémie mondiale

    In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Medidas para hacer frente a la violencia de género en medio de la pandemia mundial

    In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Measures to tackle gender-based violence amid the global pandemic

    In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

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  • Waste picker in Latin America Post
    Legal Empowerment

    Human rights violations signal urgent need to improve waste pickers’ working conditions in Latin America

    For waste pickers, harassment is a part of daily life, also before the pandemic. Our reports on human rights in Latin America serve as a...

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