The Americas

Efforts 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...

Did 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...

Defending 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.

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...