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Para mejorar sus condiciones laborales y medios de sustento, los recicladores tienen que ser incluidos en los sistemas de gestión de residuos. Este video presenta tres modelos diferentes de reciclaje en Nicaragua implementados por gobiernos municipales con el apoyo de organismos internacionales de...
Melanie Samson spoke about gender issues for informal women workers as part of a special panel at WIEGO's 6th General Assembly in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in November 2014.
This video, by WIEGO's Federico Parra , describes the situation of informal waste pickers in Bogota, Colombia.
This video is of a presentation Paul Connett gave at the Positive Economy in Le Havre. It is also available on the website of the Positive Economy .
Este estudio fue realizado durante un año en los principales vertederos de basura de las ciudades cabeceras departamentales en Nicaragua por la Red de emprendedores Nicaragüenses del Reciclaje (REDNICA), Mujeres en Empleo Informal: Globalizando y Organizando (WIEGO) y la Universidad Centroamericana...
In 2003, the national transit code sought to eradicate animal traction vehicles or animal pulled carts that would have affected hundreds of thousands in Colombia. They had to demand their rights. The Constitutional Court upheld these demands and by means of verdict 355 of 2003 it demanded...
According to Verite Research: This is a video that was developed for a concert in aid of Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka. Domestic work is often not seen as 'real work', or as a real profession, and the conditions of work are often less than decent. Through supporting meaningful ratification of...
En el año 2003, el Código Nacional de Transito pretendía eliminar los vehículos de tracción animal. Esto afectaba a miles de recicladores en Colombia, quienes tuvieron que acudir a la Corte Constitucional para defender sus derechos. Mediante la Sentencia C 355 de 2003, la Corte Constitucional le...
Mirai Chatterjee, of India's Self-employed Women's Association, discusses the development of Universal Health Care in India and the movement towards an Occupational Health and Safety Policy for informal workers at the Institute of Medicine in the USA.
Mirai Chatterjee fields questions from the audience.
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.