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  • Street vendor in Salvadore, Brazil Statistical Briefs

    Pessoas em emprego informal no Brasil: Um perfil estatístico

    Pessoas trabalhadoras do Brasil, pessoas trabalhadoras domésticas do Brasil, pessoas catadoras de recicláveis brasileiras, COVID-19 no Brasil. ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Material de Apoio Jornada Formativa Online Bonitas – Digital Tools Capacity Building Workshops

    Este é o compilado do material de apoio disponibilizado ao longo da Jornada Formativa Online do Programa Bonitas Wiego para as catadoras...

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  • Resource Documents

    Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities

    Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...

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  • Resource Documents

    Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities

    Key Findings Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Workers in Informal Employment in Brazil: A Statistical Snapshot of 2019 and 2020

    This snapshot examines data on informal employment in Brazil nationally in 2019 and 2020, showing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with...

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  • Is social protection to blame for informality? Webinar February 2023 Feb 16 2023

    Is social protection to blame for informality?

    • February 16, 2023
    • Online

    This webinar will present novel evidence on the claim that social protection is a key driver of informality and reflections from the ILO...

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  • Research Reports

    Seguridade social para as trabalhadoras domésticas na América Latina – Resumo executivo

    Este trabalho considera 15 países da América Latina: Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, Equador,...

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  • Research Reports

    Social Security for Domestic Workers in Latin America – Executive Summary

    This report analyzes 15 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador,...

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  • Research Reports

    Imaginar uma seguridade social para as trabalhadoras domésticas – Análise da situação relativa à seguridade social para as trabalhadoras domésticas em 15 países da América Latina

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  • Imagining Social Security for Domestic Workers - WIEGO & IDWF Research Reports

    Imagining Social Security for Domestic Workers: Analysis of the Status of Social Security Coverage for Domestic Workers in 15 Latin American Countries

    This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers’ situation regarding social security that reflects...

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