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  • Policy/Position Documents

    110 -я сессия МКТ – Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики

    Международные сети организаций работников неформальной экономики1 и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ о достойном труде и экономике социальной...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

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

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

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Weaving Webs of Knowledge, Action and Affection

    This e-book compiles photos, learnings and reflections gathered by WIEGO’s Rhonda Douglas based on her research gathered in 2020 and 2021...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Tecendo Redes de Conhecimento, Ação e Afeto

    Essa publicação digital toma como ponto de partida a história de impacto escrita por Rhonda Douglas, da WIEGO, com base nas informações coletadas...

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  • Malika, one of Dakar’s 19 communes d’arrondissement (administrative divisions), on 10 December 2021. Post

    Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?

    Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...

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  • Waste pickers outside the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 26, 2022

    The Pandemic is Not Over

    The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers...

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  • Law & Informality Insights

    Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers

    Applying insights from critical legal studies, this issue of Law and Informality Insights explores how informal workers use the law to resolve...

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  • Resource Documents

    Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

    Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Cooperativas de catadores – colchão amortecedor contra os piores impactos da pandemia

    • As cooperativas de catadores funcionaram como um colchão amortecedor para os catadores do Brasil (termo pelo qual são conhecidos no país)...

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  • Resource Documents

    Impactos da pandemia de Covid-19 sobre a Reciclagem Inclusiva nas Cooperativas de Catadores no Brasil: Análise Comparativa 2020 – 2021

    Principais Achados: As cooperativas foram rápidas na implementação dos protocolos COVID-19 nos seus galpões, conseguindo assim maior credibilidade...

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