Occupational Group: Waste Pickers

Работники неформальной занятости солидарны с работниками по уходу и призывают к предоставлению высококачественных услуг по уходу для всех

Международная федерация домашних работников (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, Международный альянс сборщиков мусора...

Position Paper on Decent Work and the Care Economy, Prepared for the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference

The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, the International Alliance of Waste...

Written Observations on the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Content and Scope of the Right to Care as a Human Right and its Interrelation with Other Rights

WIEGO submitted written observations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the right to care. The submission was developed...

Statistics on Waste Pickers: A Case Studies Guide

This report draws on the experiences and efforts of organizations of waste pickers to develop and make data on them available to policymakers...

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...

Street 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...

Registering 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...

Statistics 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...

India’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...

Da Pesquisa Climática à Ação Climática: Mapeamento dos Impactos das Mudanças Climáticas nas Pessoas Catadoras Brasileiras