Waste Pickers

Global Economic Crisis Study

CATA – Climate Change and Women Waste Pickers

How Recyclers and Vendors in New York City are Challenging Big Money to Build a Better City for Working People

By keeping corporations accountable for the waste they produce and providing affordable goods and services to working class people, recyclers...

Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

Pessoas trabalhadoras informais são solidárias às pessoas cuidadoras e demandam serviços de cuidado de qualidade para todas

A Federação Internacional de Trabalhadores Domésticos (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, a Aliança Internacional de...

Работники неформальной занятости солидарны с работниками по уходу и призывают к предоставлению высококачественных услуг по уходу для всех

Международная федерация домашних работников (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, Международный альянс сборщиков мусора...

Position Paper on Decent Work and the Care Economy, Prepared for the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference

The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, the International Alliance of Waste...

Written Observations on the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Content and Scope of the Right to Care as a Human Right and its Interrelation with Other Rights

WIEGO submitted written observations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the right to care. The submission was developed...

Statistics on Waste Pickers: A Case Studies Guide

This report draws on the experiences and efforts of organizations of waste pickers to develop and make data on them available to policymakers...

Navigating Inflation: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Accra, Ghana

This booklet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Accra, Ghana. It draws on exploratory research...