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Executive Summary | Full Sector Report (English) Sumário Executivo (português) Resumen Ejecutivo (español) The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the...
Executive Summary | Full Sector Report (English) Sumário Executivo (português) Resumen Ejecutivo (español) The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the...
em português ABSTRACTS: English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in a cooperative of women of recyclable materials in São Paulo. 2016, 152. Master thesis (Master in Environmental Science) - Environmental Science Graduate Programme -...
This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory participatory research action project with women waste pickers in Minas Gerais, Brazil, it reflects on the different forms of oppression experienced by women...
Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities. Based on findings from a research-action project with women waste pickers, this paper maps out the objectives of the participatory project and...
Este artigo intenta explorar alguns dos desafios, paradoxos e limites no processo de associação do lixo à cidadania, chamando particularmente a atenção das agências de governo para a necessidade de qualificar a produção de políticas públicas do setor de resíduos sólidos a partir do uso de...
The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization agenda that erodes both the public sector and the rights of workers employed within it. This paper critically analyses innovative approaches to...
Production: André Carrieri and Jutta Gutberlet The video lasts 27 minutes and describes the work of organized recyclers (catadores) pervading many social, economic, political and environmental issues. It is available online , with subtitles in English, German and Spanish.
Abstract from African Review of Economics and Finance : E-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream, posing major global management challenges. One of the unintended outcomes of this growth in the developing world is the increasing presence of informal e-waste recyclers, providing...
A pesar del aumento de estudios sobre residuos sólidos, aún existen pocas investigaciones que busquen comprender cómo las dinámicas de género, incluyendo la división sexual del trabajo, están envueltas en las actividades de reciclaje. Estudios recientes han demostrado que trabajadores/as informales...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.