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Photo Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage In keeping with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, SDG 1.3 “Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve...
In this paper, the author argues that any system of legal rules that tries to exclude the waste pickers from the waste value chain results in high transaction costs and risks further aggravating existing social injustices. Several inclusive property right regimes are conceivable, from waste picker...
This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid waste management models that are true to an inclusive, circular economy while being suited for local contexts and offering livelihood protection.
Inadequate infrastructure - particularly related to clean water and toilets - and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll on street and market vendors in urban centres, shows new research by WIEGO and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), done with vendors in Nakuru...
El carrito de barbacoa de Lin solía ser un negocio popular en el centro de Flushing, un barrio próspero en Queens, Nueva York, con una población predominante del este de Asia. La gente solía hacer largas filas de entre cinco y diez minutos solo para degustar las brochetas de cordero o de pollo...
La charrette à grillades de Lin était autrefois une activité très achalandée au centre-ville de Flushing, un quartier prospère et à prédominance est-asiatique dans le Queens, à New York. Les gens avaient l’habitude d’attendre en longues files, de cinq à dix minutes, rien que pour savourer des...
“Lin’s” BBQ cart was once a busy operation in the center of downtown Flushing, a prosperous and predominately East Asian neighborhood in Queens, New York City. People used to wait in long lines for five-to-ten minutes just for a taste of lamb or chicken skewers, fresh off her charcoal grill. Now Lin...
Entrevista a Taylor Cass Talbott Es difícil pasar por alto las portadas de revistas y noticieros con imágenes impactantes de montones de plásticos flotando en el medio de los océanos del mundo. Las fotos y reportajes han alarmado tanto a ciudadanos como a formuladores de políticas. El problema de...
Un entretien (Q&R) avec Taylor Cass Talbott Il est difficile de passer à côté des images choquantes de tas de plastiques flottant au milieu des océans du monde fessant vedette dans les médias. Les photos et les reportages ont sonné l'alarme auprès des citoyens et des décideurs. La question des...
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.