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  • Somos Recicladores Imágen Héroe Project

    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...

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  • Resource Documents

    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...

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  • Global Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Executive Summary

    The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-coordinated1 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Protection sociale des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel : Tendances et changements

    Le système d’enregistrement est un outil essentiel pour étendre la protection sociale aux travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel.  Dans cette note...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Protección social para lxs trabajadorxs en empleo informal: Cambios y tendencias

    El registro es una herramienta esencial para ampliar la protección social a lxs trabajadorxs en empleo informal. En este informe, examinaremos...

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  • Global Reports

    COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Round 1 Global Summary

    The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study is a WIEGO-coordinated 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19...

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  • Presentations

    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....

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 1

    Registration is an essential tool to expand social protection to informal workers.  This brief explores the experiences of registration mechanisms...

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  • WIEGO et CNTS logo External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Fermeture progressive de Mbeubeuss : A quand un processus plus inclusif et transparent pour protéger les récupératrice-eur-s ?

    Alors que le président Macky Sall lance officiellement ce jour PROMOGED, le projet de transformation de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, WIEGO alerte...

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  • Ameaças aos meios de subsistência dos catadoras de materiais recicláveis Advocacy Materials

    Ameaças aos meios de subsistência dos catadoras de materiais recicláveis

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