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WIEGO’s Organizing and Representation Programme and Urban Policies Programme works with waste picker organizations in South Africa and Brazil to identify the unique needs of women working in this sector and how those needs can be addressed. On this International Women’s Day, we go behind the scenes...
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Abstract: The occupation of waste picker has taken on new importance as a livelihood, especially since the last global economic downturn. Increasingly, waste pickers are being recognized for their valuable...
This article (read the abstract here ) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special issue was focused on "Integrating perspectives in the informal economy." The authors are all part of WIEGO's Urban Policies Programme . The article is...
Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of the 10-city Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS). The IEMS seeks to provide more recent and in-depth evidence of the contributions and challenges this group...
Executive Summary | Full Sector Report (English) Sumário Executivo (português) Resumen Ejecutivo (español) The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the...
Executive Summary | Full Sector Report (English) Sumário Executivo (português) Resumen Ejecutivo (español) The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the...
em português ABSTRACTS: English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in a cooperative of women of recyclable materials in São Paulo. 2016, 152. Master thesis (Master in Environmental Science) - Environmental Science Graduate Programme -...
This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory participatory research action project with women waste pickers in Minas Gerais, Brazil, it reflects on the different forms of oppression experienced by women...
Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities. Based on findings from a research-action project with women waste pickers, this paper maps out the objectives of the participatory project and...
Este artigo intenta explorar alguns dos desafios, paradoxos e limites no processo de associação do lixo à cidadania, chamando particularmente a atenção das agências de governo para a necessidade de qualificar a produção de políticas públicas do setor de resíduos sólidos a partir do uso de...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.