Waste Pickers

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

From 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...

Waste 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...

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,...

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...

Challenging 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...