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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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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Canners in New York City, USA

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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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

    WIEGO 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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  • Waste picker in Bogata, Colombia Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Three 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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  • Waste picker in Bogata, Colombia Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    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

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights 1: Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to lockdown effects on workers’ earnings and relief measures for informal workers...

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  • Waste picker in Latin America Post
    Legal Empowerment

    Human 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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  • Report

    El Caso de León, Nicaragua

    Elaborado mediante entrevistas con recicladores, y observación etnográfica en el Vertedero de León, este documento proporciona una descripción...

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