The Americas

COVID-19 Crisis and Street Vendors in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Between 10,000 and 20,000 New Yorkers make their living selling food or merchandise on the city’s streets. This report presents the NYC Street...

Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers

This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...

Winning a Right to the Sidewalks: Street Vendors in New York

This Brief seeks to identify and examine certain factors that led to the proposal to reform New York’s street vending legislation that...

Regulating Informal Food Vending in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: Best Practices from Africa and Latin America

Governments, preoccupied with guaranteeing the availability of essential goods and services, compiled lists of essential activities that...

Waste Pickers and Human Rights

ILO estimates indicate that close to 20 million people worldwide earn their living from recycling waste. Many work as waste pickers who gather...

The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Street Vendors and Market Traders: Trends and Insights from Latin America

This study examines the laws and regulations passed in response to the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, and their impact on informal vendors,...

O Ecossistema de Resíduos: O papel dos catadores e vendedores ambulantes na redução da poluição do litoral durante o carnaval de Salvador da Bahia, Brasil

English Thomas, Brittany A., Sonia M. Dias, Cynthia Deng e Mariana Pereira Guimarães. 2021. O Ecossistema de Resíduos: O papel dos catadores...

Gender Action Plan 2021-2023

The Gender and Waste project carried out, from 2019-2020, workshops on communications and leadership skills, feminism, and public policies....

Building Solidarity Among Waste Pickers in Latin America

• July 6, 2021 - July 13, 2021
• Online

Time: 2 p.m. Brazil Standard Time on July 6 and 2 p.m. Brazil Standard Time on July 13 Translation: Spanish and Portuguese translation were...

Extending Social Protection to Women and Men in the Informal Economy

• June 3, 2021 - June 19, 2021
• ILO Headquarters, Geneva
  Virtual

109th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)   ‣ ILO final Statement ‣ Introduction ‣ Global Network Position Paper ‣ Notable...