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Advocacy Materials
Navigating Inflation: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Accra, Ghana
This booklet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Accra, Ghana. It draws on exploratory research...
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Collective Bargaining March 20, 2024Street Vendors Organize Against Evictions in Dakar
Dakar’s street vendors have united in the PASI platform to assert their rights and propose alternative solutions to the evictions and relocations...
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Building Collective Power February 28, 2024Registering Informal Workers in India: e-Shram, an Opportunity Lost?
The launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward...
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Building Collective Power February 15, 2024Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible
Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...
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Building Collective Power February 01, 2024India’s KKPKP Fights for Waste Pickers Rights
Aditya Vyas, Treasurer for the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), talks about the victories of the waste pickers in Pune and...
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Climate Change and Just Transition December 04, 2023From Climate Research to Climate Action: Climate Change Mapping of Impacts on Brazilian Waste Pickers
From rising temperatures to shifting work conditions, a new study highlights the vital role waste pickers play in managing urban waste and...
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Building Collective Power November 23, 2023Waste Pickers Demand Livelihood Protection During Dump Closures: Learnings from 3 Cities
Experiences from Brasilia, Accra and Dakar show that the inclusion of waste pickers in dump closure plans and consideration for their livelihoods...
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Policy Briefs
Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil
Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...
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Policy Briefs
Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil
From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...
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Global Advocacy and Negotiations August 16, 2023Challenging the Boundaries of Labour Law at the Labour Law Research Network Conference
Labour law only “sees” employees. It resists the idea that self-employed workers in the informal economy, such as street vendors and waste...
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