Waste Pickers and Human Rights in Latin America
This edition of Law & Informality Insights describes WIEGO’s strategies to articulate the working conditions of waste pickers as human...
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Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Analyzing the Implementation of C189 in Latin America and the Caribbean
This Resource Document examines the measures that 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries have taken towards implementing C189: Argentina,...
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Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America
Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition looks at the lessons learned.
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The Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan
This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...
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A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers
This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers...
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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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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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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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Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions
Contact: Nicole Pryor – nicole.pryor@wiego.org, Graciela Mora – graciela.mora@wiego.org, Kendra Hughes – kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment...
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Open Letter to European Union Policymakers
As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding...
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