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  • A group of informal workers collecting and transporting used plastic bottles on an open field Post
    Building Collective Power October 04, 2022

    Global Plastics Treaty: Waste Pickers Ready to Talk

    “We are the face of recycling in the world, we are the hands that clean the world, we are the real heroes of the planet and nothing you try...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi

    Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...

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  • Street vendor in Salvadore, Brazil Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile

    This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ...

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  • Street vendor in Mexico City in 2019 Post
    Exposure Dialogues August 29, 2022

    Milestone Talks on Informal Employment

    In their first direct engagement, informal worker representatives and officials of the CNDH’s Program of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

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  • Working Papers

    Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore

    This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal...

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  • Ground Score Association worker Christine Alix reviews COVID-19 safety protocols at Ground Score’s producer-funded People’s Depot in Oregon, USA Technical Briefs

    Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers

    This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on...

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  • Research Reports

    COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities – Executive Summary

    The longitudinal multi-city study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers finds that earnings are still far below their...

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis

    This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    110-я сессия ILC/МКТ – Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики (длинная версия)

    Международные сети организаций работников неформальной экономики и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ о достойном труде и экономике социальной...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), prepared for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (Long Version)

    International networks of workers in the informal economy1 and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on decent work and the social and solidarity...

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