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Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report , the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication, revisits the relationship between work and human development. The report argues that work can act as a catalyst of human development, among other...
By Tania Espinosa Sánchez Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position as head of the Catholic Church. Yet the leader’s focus is not new; he has been working to bring more dignity to the lives of the world’s invisible workers...
Por Tania Espinosa Sánchez Basureando El papa Francisco ha hecho del medio ambiente y los pobres una prioridad máxima desde que asumió su influentísimo puesto como cabeza de la Iglesia Católica. Pero, este enfoque no es nuevo; lleva muchos años trabajando para traer mayor dignidad a los trabajadores...
Intervención de Nohra Padilla, Directora de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB), en un panel organizado por la Embajada de Brasil en Francia de forma paralela a la COP21 en París. En ella, Nohra discute la experiencia de la lucha en Colombia para el reconocimiento de los derechos de los...
Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), diciembre 2015 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français .
Une newsletter de WIEGO aux organisations de travailleurs informels basées sur leurs adhérents (OBA). Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français .
This issue focuses on COP21.
12:15-14:30 Hotel José Antonio WIEGO and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) convened the fifth multi-stakeholder meeting on solid waste recyclers. In this event, the experiences regarding waste picker inclusion as service providers in Bogota, Colombia were shared. It was also an opportunity to...
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...
Abstract: As the informal recycling sector closes the gap where formal systems (run by private enterprises or public utilities) cannot provide waste collection, processing and recycling services to a sufficient extent, informals have to be considered as an integral part of the existing systems. As...
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.