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Extreme weather events are having a dire impact on workers and communities everywhere: from Greece and Canada to India , Ghana and Brazil . And with the world off-track in reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to the Paris Agreement targets, global temperatures are projected to increase...
New study from WIEGO shows 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil have experienced climate-change-related extreme weather events Public Ministry of Minas Gerais signs commitment to build climate resilience for waste pickers WIEGO urges Minas Gerais government and private sector to strengthen...
Catadores e catadoras obtêm apoio governamental para aumentar sua resiliência às mudanças climáticas
Um novo estudo realizado pela WIEGO mostra que 90% dos catadores e catadoras entrevistados em diferentes regiões do Brasil sofreram com eventos meteorológicos extremos relacionados às mudanças do clima Ministério Público de Minas Gerais assina compromisso para desenvolver resiliência climática entre...
Brazilian study shows why waste pickers are essential to climate adaptation planning. More than 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil have experienced climate change-related extreme weather events in the last year, with many reporting negative impacts on their health, earnings and ability to...
Estudo brasileiro mostra por que os catadores e as catadoras são essenciais para o planejamento da adaptação climática. Mais de 90% dos catadores entrevistados e das catadoras entrevistadas em todo o Brasil sofreram eventos climáticos extremos relacionados às mudanças climáticas no último ano, com...
Myrtle Witbooi was an inspirational, principled, respected and much loved domestic worker leader, in South Africa and internationally. She passed away on 16 January 2023. WIEGO and the thousands of domestic workers, trade unionists and others who crossed paths with Myrtle in the course of her life...
Ela Ramesh Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, passed away on November 2, 2022. Known as the “gentle revolutionary”, Ela-ben (as she was affectionately known) is recognized around the world for her Gandhian values, visionary ideals, pioneering work, and quiet...
A Escola WIEGO tem seu início em um momento em que todos os quatro setores, ou seja, trabalhadorxs domésticxs, trabalhadorxs domiciliares, vendedorxs ambulantes e de mercado e catadorxs, se organizam globalmente para ter voz nas decisões políticas em prol dxs muitxs trabalhadorxs informais.
The WIEGO School starts at a time when all four sectors—domestic workers, home-based workers, street and market vendors, and waste pickers—have organized globally to have a voice in policy decisions for many workers in informal employment.
Мы, организации неформально занятых работников по всему миру, призываем правительства всех уровней сотрудничать с нами в оказании помощи. На неформальную занятость приходится более 61% всей занятости в мире — около двух миллиардов работников, — а в развивающихся странах количество таких работников...
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.