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Canners represent many underserved populations in New York City, including racially or ethnically marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants, seniors, people experiencing mental or physical disabilities, the chronically homeless, and those who are frequent movers.This report presents the NYC...
Pagamento por serviços na catação Esta cartilha apresenta orientações de como precificar o trabalho dos catadores seja das organizações coletivas como cooperativas seja de catadores autônomos. Payment for recycling services This manual lays out guidelines and recommendations on how to charge for...
La crisis del COVID-19 y la economía informal es un estudio longitudinal llevado a cabo por WIEGO que evalúa los efectos de la crisis del COVID-19 en ciertos grupos ocupacionales de personas trabajadoras en empleo informal y sus hogares.1 Mediante una encuesta y varias entrevistas, la primera fase...
The 12th edition of the ILO SSE Academy provides a global space for policy makers and practitioners to exchange and learn from innovative SSE policies and practices all over the world. WIEGO participated as panelists in two elective courses sharing experiences and reflections about Social and...
The 12th edition of the ILO SSE Academy provides a global space for policy makers and practitioners to exchange and learn from innovative SSE policies and practices all over the world. WIEGO participated as panelists in two elective courses sharing experiences and reflections about Social and...
Brazil is a leader in recognizing its more than 281,000 informal waste pickers in recycling chains and the country’s official statistics. This Statistical Brief uses official data from 2002-2019 to examine the numbers, sex, geographic locations, ages, education levels, membership in associations and...
O Brasil é líder no reconhecimento de seus mais de 281.000 catadores informais em cadeias de reciclagem e nas estatísticas oficiais do país. Este Resumo Estatístico emprega dados oficiais de 2002 a 2019 para examinar quantos catadores coletam, classificam e vendem o que outros descartaram em todo...
It is fair to say that there are a number of legitimate and often complex challenges that governments face in expanding social protection to workers in the informal economy. These include legal, financial, administrative and institutional barriers. Yet, there are also plenty of examples from around...
Strategies for effectively combating social inequity and structural poverty cannot continue to ignore the unprotected conditions in which the domestic sector works – a sector that represents 11.5% of employment for Latin American women.
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.