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Las personas pobres enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a los servicios de salud. Sin embargo, las trabajadoras y trabajadores en condiciones de pobreza, especialmente quienes laboran en empleo informal, “tienen dificultades específicas de acceso debido a la naturaleza de su trabajo y los...
Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando Aunque hay estudios académicos que se centran cada vez más en el reciclaje y la gestión de residuos sólidos, incluyendo las amenazas y riesgos que enfrentan las recicladoras y los recicladores informales, existe todavía un vacío en lo que se refiere a la...
What happens to informal employment during an economic crisis? The conventional wisdom is that the informal sector—which consists of small, unincorporated enterprises—acts as a safety net for vulnerable workers during periods of crisis. The assumption is often that job losses in formal sector...
By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando While academic studies increasingly focus on waste picking and solid waste management, including the threats and risks faced by informal recyclers, there is still a gap when it comes to understanding the gender dynamics and sexual division of labour involved in...
A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y contribuir a las ciudades y a la economía urbana. El recién publicado informe comparativo del Estudio de Monitoreo de la Economía Informal (EMEI) sobre los...
The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban economy is very often ignored. The recently released Informal Economy Monitoring Study’s (IEMS) comparative report for waste pickers has brought to light evidence...
Revaben and her husband Narsingbhai sell vegetables from the sidewalk along one of eight new model roads in Ahmedabad, India. Between about 9:00 in the morning and 9:00 in the evening, they sit on upside-down plastic crates amid huge mounds of fresh ginger, peppers, garlic, cilantro and green beans...
In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers - and their livelihoods - tend to be ignored or excluded in city planning and local economic development. No amount of social or financial inclusion can make up for exclusion from city plans and...
En la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, mucho más de la mitad de la fuerza de trabajo urbana es informal. Pero las trabajadoras y los trabajadores informales –y sus medios de sustento– tienden a ser ignorados o excluidos en la planificación urbana y el desarrollo económico local. No habrá...
Por Leslie Vryenhoek El letrero en la entrada al Centro de reciclaje Vaal Park, en Sudáfrica, muestra 23 logos; cada uno representa a un socio público o privado que se ha unido para hacer de esta iniciativa un éxito. Y en el corazón de este centro, hay un equipo de trabajadores con determinación...
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.