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Worker Story
View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: City Fact Sheets
City Fact Sheets: 1 – Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study January 06, 2021WIEGO in The Economist
“Someone from the public or the government doesn’t wake up one morning and think ‘Let’s think about the waste pickers’,” she says. “These...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study January 06, 2021Three Examples of Why Workers’ Voices Matter During the COVID-19 Crisis
Sixty per cent of the world’s workforce consists of informal workers. Their voices are crucial to unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study January 06, 2021
Las voces de lxs trabajadorxs importan: Tres ejemplos que lo demuestran
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COVID-19 Crisis Study January 06, 2021
Trois exemples de l’importance des voix des travailleuse·eur·s pendant la crise de la COVID-19
Soixante pour cent de la population occupée dans le monde est constituée de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Leurs voix sont cruciales pour...
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Project Reports
Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 1 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to lockdown effects on...
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Legal Empowerment December 07, 2020Human rights violations signal urgent need to improve waste pickers’ working conditions in Latin America
For waste pickers, harassment is a part of daily life, also before the pandemic. Our reports on human rights in Latin America serve as a...
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El Caso de Montevideo, Uruguay
Este reporte elaborado La investigadora contratada en el marco del Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los...
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El Conflicto Cartonero en Rosario, Argentina
La investigadora contratada en el marco del Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en Latinoamérica...
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