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Toolkits and GuidesYour Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 – The Domestic Workers’ Convention (Caribbean Region)
WIEGO and the IDWF partnered to write this toolkit to support IDWF affiliates in their efforts to make C189 real for domestic workers. The...
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Statistical BriefsThe Collection of Data on Waste Pickers in Colombia, 2012-2022
This brief describes the unprecedented census of waste pickers that took place in 2012 in Bogota, as mandated by rulings of the Constitutional...
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Fact Sheets/InfographicsWorkers in Informal Employment in Chile: A Statistical Snapshot of 2019 and 2020
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Chile nationally in 2019 and 2020, with a focus on six groups of workers who are mainly...
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Fact Sheets/InfographicsWorkers in Informal Employment in Peru: A Statistical Snapshot of 2019, 2020 and 2021
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Peru nationally in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a focus on five groups of workers who are...
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Statistical BriefsInformal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021
This brief examines data on employment in Peru from 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and analyzes the changes in employment brought by the COVID-19...
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PostBuilding Collective Power April 11, 2023‘We Are Not Alone’: Waste Pickers Worldwide Unite
In this interview, Leonor Larraburu of the Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP) in Argentina tells us about...
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PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study April 06, 2023The Superheroes of Mexico City
WIEGO’s Tania Espinosa Sánchez and Yuleina Carmona talk about the success of the Lxs Rifadxs campaign in Mexico City, which helped residents...
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Resource DocumentsEfforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation
Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...
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Working PapersDid Mexico’s Seguro Popular Universal Health Coverage Programme Really Reduce Formal Jobs?
This Working Paper uses the roll-out of Mexico’s Seguro Popular across municipalities to quantitatively assess its impact on private sector...
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Law & Informality InsightsDefending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America
Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition looks at the lessons learned.
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