The Americas

Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers

On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...

Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection

In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...

Third Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America

• September 18, 2019 - September 19, 2019
• Lima, Perú

WIEGO, together with Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC),...

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

Economie Informelle, Insécurité et Cohésion Sociale en Amérique Latine

Copa do Mundo Para Todos O Retrato dos Vendedores Ambulantes Nas Cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014

Informal Jobs: Another Occupational Hazard for Women’s Mental Health?International Journal of Epidemiology

O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Norte)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste SudesteSul ...

Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America

Interdisciplinary analysis of the informal economy and informal politics in Latin America