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En agosto de 2016, WIEGO junto a su aliado local, la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá, organizó un intercambio de aprendizajes en Bogotá, Colombia, entre miembros y socios de la Red WIEGO, Shack/Slum Dwellers Internacional (SDI, por su sigla en inglés) y Avina. El objetivo era compartir...
By Federico Parra & Olga Abizaid Medellin has recently been touted as a poster city for urban development. In recent years, the city has overcome the daunting urban economic and security challenges it faced in the 1980s and has evolved into a vibrant metropolis. The feat, according to many, was...
Por Federico Parra y Olga Abizaid Recientemente, Medellín ha sido alabada como una ciudad modelo en materia de desarrollo urbano. En los últimos años, la ciudad ha logrado superar los abrumadores desafíos urbanos económicos y de seguridad que enfrentó en la década de 1980 y se ha convertido en una...
Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste production threatens public and environmental health. Reuse and recycling are widely recognized to provide broad environmental benefits. Although most...
Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award , is interviewed by Cities Alliance, during COP21 in Paris, France. In Spanish with subtitles in English.
This video, by WIEGO's Federico Parra , describes the situation of informal waste pickers in Bogota, Colombia.
el objetivo del estudio es proporcionar evidencia confiable y bien fundamentada sobre la gama de fuerzas motoras, tanto positivas como negativas, que afectan las condiciones laborales en la economía informal a través del tiempo. El estudio coloca a los trabajadores informales y a sus organizaciones...
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. Learn more about the Informal Economy...
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.