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A infraestrutura precária agrava os impactos das mudanças climáticas

Featured Story 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 meteorológicos extremos relacionados às mudanças do clima Ministério...

Featured Story 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 Public Ministry of Minas Gerais signs commitment to build climate...

Featured Story 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 entrevistados e das catadoras entrevistadas em todo o...

Featured Story 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 have experienced climate change-related extreme weather events...

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.

Featured Story 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 in crisis, earning far less in 2021 than they did before the...

Featured Story 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 stop, and make remedy for, forced evictions of vendors...

A vendor holds up freshly made samosas, a fried street food in Delhi.

Featured Story 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 food support has stagnated since the first three months of...

Featured Story 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 activity will be shared with the public for the first time. ...

Featured Story 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 workers from production countries call for new...

Featured Story Personas en trabajo informal demandan ser incluidas en recuperación económica

Personas en trabajo informal demandan ser incluidas en recuperación económica Estudio de WIEGO revela que más de la mitad de las personas entrevistadas dejaron de de trabajar durante el confinamiento. ...

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COVID-19 Crisis Study February 22, 2021

New report reveals devastating impact of COVID-19 on Delhi’s informal workers

New report reveals devastating impact of COVID-19 on Delhi’s informal workers COVID-19 devastated workers’ livelihoods and forced them into...

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COVID-19 Crisis Study January 27, 2021

Press Release: New Report on NYC Street Vendors and Canners Reveals Depth of COVID Exclusion on Informal Workforce

Research shows COVID-19 devastated workers’ earnings, wiped out their savings, and forced them into economic freefall, without relief from...

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COVID-19 Crisis Study November 25, 2020

Press Release: Informal workers face a stark recovery

español Locked down, then locked out: Informal workers face a stark recovery Over 60% of the world’s employed population works in the informal...

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Climate Change and Just Transition June 16, 2020

Press Release: Ghana waste pickers say closure threatens survival and demand government support

A decision to close landfills imminently is threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Those...

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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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COVID-19 Crisis Study April 03, 2020

Media release: The world’s 2 billion informal workers can tell us what they need to endure COVID-19 crisis

April 2, 2020 As the global COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, WIEGO is focused on the devastating consequences for informal workers, who lack labour,...

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Building Collective Power September 12, 2019

WIEGO Strongly Condemns Violent Assault of Reclaimers Near Genesis Landfill

WIEGO’s response to the attacks on waste pickers who work at the Genesis Landfill in Johannesburg in June 2018. The atttacks, in which...

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Child Care August 06, 2019

JOINT STATEMENT: Workers Organizations Call for Quality Public Child Care Services

Download a printable PDF of the statement | in French | in Spanish

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