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This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities, obstacles and practices among cooperatives of waste pickers and home-based workers in order to inform future actions and interventions that support cooperative...
E quipo técnico y líderes de ARRECICLAR en Medellín. Foto: Arreciclar Las organizaciones de recicladores y recicladoras en Medelín, Popayán y Montería —RECIMED (Cooperativa Multiactiva de recicladores de Medellín), ARRECICLAR (Asociación de Recicladores de Antioquia) en Medellín; AREMARPO...
The privatization of waste management and introduction of municipal policies which restrict access to waste can have a negative impact on waste pickers. Through interviews with the geographer David Harvey and Montevideo waste pickers Méndez, Alejandro and Víctor, the video analyzes the social...
Elaborado mediante entrevistas con recicladores, y observación etnográfica en el Vertedero de Rafey entre agosto y septiembre de 2017, este documento proporciona una descripción de las serias problemáticas, y violación de derechos que han sufrido los recicladores de este vertedero gracias a las...
Mediante información secundaria y entrevistas con actores que han tenido relación directa con este vertedero, los investigadores del proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en Latinoamérica, presentan la difícil situación que deben vivir los recicladores de...
Popayan , Colombia Photo by Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage On September 29, 2017, the launch of the first payment to Popayan waste pickers as providers of public recycling services took place in Popayan, Colombia. Federico Parra, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Coordinator for Latin America, and Maria...
New Delhi, India Photo by: Paula Bronstein - Getty Images/Reportage Co-hosted by WIEGO, SEWA and FORCES (Forum for creches and child care services), the workshop “Quality Childcare as a Right of All Workers: Collaborating for Action” took place in New Delhi on 12 September 2017. The objectives of...
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.