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An ergonomics workshop was held with 39 waste pickers from 17 Brazilian cooperatives. This workshop was led by certified physical therapist, Pedro Fonseca, and is part of the action-component to the Cuidar Project, an exploratory health risk mapping conducted in waste picker cooperatives in Minas...
En este documento los investigadores presentan una detalla descripción del trabajo de los recicladores que acompañan los vehículos del servicio de recolección de basuras de Ciudad de México, mejor conocidos como voluntarios. En él se analizan las restricciones y violación de derechos que enfrentan...
This 2018 study by HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) found that despite playing critical roles in the large cardamom and allo value chains, women home-based workers in Nepal are invisible and disadvantaged. “In the large cardamom value chain, the work put in by the women, in the farming and processing...
"Report on first research outcomes of the project Recycling Networks & Waste Governance Recycling Networks" This report is a research project that examines the challenges that innovative grassroots initiatives and networks encounter in generating livelihoods to improve household waste collection and...
Este relatório apresenta um resumo dos resultados do Projeto Cuidar , uma iniciativa conjunta do Programa de Proteção Social e Programa de Políticas Urbanas da WIEGO e Redesol — uma rede de cooperativas de catadores em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
La investigadora contratada en el marco del Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en Latinoamérica de WIEGO registró y plasmó en el documento la difícil situación que han enfrentado los recicladores en la ciudad de rosario debido a las políticas que...
Este reporte elaborado La investigadora contratada en el marco del Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en Latinoamérica de WIEGO presenta las violaciones a los derechos de los recicladores de la ciudad de Montevideo, derivadas de las políticas de...
From the PREFACE: ... The role of cooperatives and other SSE units in the transition from the informal to the formal economy is acknowledged in ILO’s Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204). Among these initiatives, the case of the Self-Employed Women’s...
Report from the February 2018 seminar “ Finding New Solutions to Intractable Problems: Approaches to Occupational Health & Safety in the Informal Economy, and the Extractives Industry ” in Johannesburg, South Africa, co-hosted by WIEGO and the National Institute of Occupational Health. This article...
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.