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  • Waste picker in Bogota, Colombia Post
    Building Collective Power September 19, 2022

    Waste Pickers Take the Podium at UN Environment Assembly

    The hall was filled with official delegations, representatives and environmentalists, activists and organizers from more than 150 countries...

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  • A group of informal workers collecting and transporting used plastic bottles on an open field Post
    Building Collective Power September 19, 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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  • Thumbnail The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? Resource Documents

    The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India

    This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Page

    Organizing & Organizations

    To overcome barriers, informal workers need to be organized and their organizations need to be legally recognized and officially represented...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Supporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned

    This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It...

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  • Report

    SEWA Sangini Cooperative: Providing Child Care for Women Informal Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

    The SEWA Sangini Cooperative provides child-care services for SEWA members – all women workers in informal employment – through 11 centres...

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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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  • Waste picker in Belo Horizonte, Brazil Post
    Building Collective Power June 12, 2022

    4 Ways Informal Workers Use Cooperatives

    A delegation of workers at the recent ILC conference on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy noted the importance of optimizing...

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  • Resource Documents

    New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo

    In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an...

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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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