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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with informal workers worldwide struggling to earn a living, the Ghanaian government began the decommissioning of Accra’s Kpone landfill site, displacing the over 300 workers who pick waste there.
En medio de la pandemia de COVID-19, mientras las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal de todo el mundo luchan por sobrevivir, el gobierno de Ghana comenzó el desmantelamiento del relleno sanitario de Kpone en Accra, desplazando así a más de 300 recicladoras y recicladores que recolectan...
En pleine pandémie COVID-19, alors que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel du monde entier luttent pour gagner leur vie, le gouvernement ghanéen a commencé à mettre hors service le site d’enfouissement de Kpone à Accra, déplaçant les plus de 300 travailleuse·eur·s qui y collectent des déchets.
“It's very hard to see what the other end of this crisis is going to look like at the grassroots level, at the base of the economic pyramid,” WIEGO’s international coordinator Sally Roever said in an article published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “Street vendors can go in the street, but...
The purpose of this statement is to express the Waste Workers Occupational Safety and Health (WWOSH) Committee’s support for the recognition of waste pickers as essential service providers who make a major contribution to human and environmental health, and to call for urgent measures to reduce the...
A través de entrevistas y visita de observación se registró la situación de los recicladores en este vertedero tras la reubicación del mismo. Al igual que en otros contextos pesa sobre ellos la amenaza no verificada de cierre sin reubicación laboral alguna.
Les récupératrice.eur.s de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, à Dakar, n’ont pas attendu le soutien de l'Etat. Elles.Ils ont pris les devants pour freiner la propagation du coronavirus en sensibilisant les travailleuse.eur.s et en distribuant des masques aux populations riveraines.
Totally reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important if we take into consideration that waste pickers are an essential part of the economy, providing and sustaining the recycling market in Brazil, write Sonia Dias, Ricardo Abussafy, Juliana Gonçalves and João Pedro Martins. This report...
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.