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  • Lima market vendor Press
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 26, 2020

    Informal workers can help stop COVID-19 infection spread in Peru and Latin America

    Open as PDF     |    en español 

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  • WP19 Working Papers

    Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

    This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

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  • WIEGO in the World Newsletter

      July 2019  English  |  en Español |  en Français

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Street Vendors: Frequently Asked Questions

    A guide for journalists on key questions about street vendors.

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Waste Pickers: Frequently Asked Questions

    A guide for journalists on key questions about waste pickers.

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  • Beauty Mgiqizane, Durban, South Africa Post
    Building Collective Power September 17, 2019

    Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy

    WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...

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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

    Worker Education & Advocacy Materials

    COVID-19: Safety, prevention and advocacy resources For Domestic Workers’ Organizations Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 –...

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  • Journal Articles

    South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

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  • Journal Articles

    Catadores nas políticas públicas

    Especial – Vida nas ruas População em situação de rua e o direito à Cidade

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  • Journal Articles

    The ‘right to the city’: Institutional imperatives of a development state

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