Catadores e catadoras obtêm apoio governamental para aumentar sua resiliência às mudanças climáticas
Um novo estudo realizado pela WIEGO mostra que 90% dos catadores e catadoras entrevistados em diferentes regiões do Brasil sofreram com eventos...
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Waste pickers procure government support to improve their resilience to climate change
New study from WIEGO shows 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil have experienced climate-change-related extreme weather events
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Comunicado de imprensa – Catado res e catado ras de materiais recicláveis sofrem o impacto de eventos climáticos extremos
Estudo brasileiro mostra por que os catadores e as catadoras são essenciais para o planejamento da adaptação climática.
Mais de 90% dos catadores...
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Press Release – Waste pickers bearing brunt of extreme weather events
Brazilian study shows why waste pickers are essential to climate adaptation planning.
More than 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil...
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Press Release: WIEGO study reveals informal workers in Accra are in crisis with no recovery and no relief: going hungry, earning less than before the pandemic
A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are...
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Global Networks of Workers in the informal economy demand policies to reverse inequality in the world of work
Three global networks of workers in the informal economy – HomeNet International (HNI), the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF)...
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WIEGO Statement: WIEGO calls for an end to forced evictions of informal workers in Accra
WIEGO joins the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) to call upon the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in Accra, Ghana to immediately...
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Press Release: Study Shows Stalled COVID-19 Recovery Leaves Workers in Informal Employment Hungry, No Govt Relief
Nearly one-third of respondents in mid-2021 said family members had gone hungry over the last month.
Despite dire need, government cash and...
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New calculator reveals the amount of equivalent CO2 mitigated by waste picker activity
In time for the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a new tool for calculating greenhouse gas emissions mitigated by waste pickers...
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