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  • Research Reports

    Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    WIEGO’s Position on Dump Closures

    Livelihood plans must be an integral component of any dump closure process  Waste pickers around the globe contribute to a cleaner environment,...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Posicionamento da WIEGO sobre FECHAMENTO DE LIXÕES

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Components of a Healthy and Dignified Life

     Para ler em português, veja aqui.

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Cuidar Project: Waste Pickers’ Health Risk Mapping

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Minas Gerais: Waste Picker Health & Safety

    An exploratory health risk mapping in five waste picker cooperatives in Brazil considers waste pickers’ work routines and workplace...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Political Platform for the Rights of Domestic Workers in Mexico

    This  Political  Platform  was  developed  during  the  1st Regional Exchange of Experiences of Women Domestic Workers: Convention 189 and...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Proposals and demands of workers in informal employment for the new government of Mexico City

    This Platform contains a list of proposals and demands to move towards guaranteeing the rights of informal workers.  This document can also...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Accra: Market, Street Traders & Headload Porter’s Health & Safety

    A survey undertaken in Accra, Ghana, investigated the main occupational health and access to healthcare challenges faced by market traders,...

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