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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 20, 2020

    Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    Data from the first round of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study in 12 cities point to three common patterns across...

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  • Presentations

    SEWA Gujarat – Children of SEWA Members Create Art from Waste Materials

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  • DW in Johannesburg Research Reports

    WIEGO Briefing Note on Violence at Work

    The ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), and the accompanying Recommendation (R206) were adopted in 2019. This briefing...

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  • Research Reports

    La situación de los derechos humanos de las personas recicladoras en América Latina: una mirada desde estándares internacionales

    El objetivo del presente documento es ofrecer un panorama general de la situación en la que las personas recicladoras que laboran en el ámbito...

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  • Waste Pickers in Colombia during COVID-19 crisis Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 27, 2020

    Le recyclage en Colombie : Un service essentiel en temps de la COVID-19

    Dans un webinaire de la série La voix des travailleuse·eur·s, Nohra Padilla, dirigeante de l’Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) et...

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  • Waste in Brazil Presentations

    Statement to Recognize Waste Collectors as Essential Workers

    The purpose of this statement is to express the Waste Workers Occupational Safety and Health (WWOSH) Committee’s support for the recognition...

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  • Waste Pickers in Colombia during COVID-19 crisis Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 08, 2020

    El reciclaje en Colombia: Un servicio esencial en tiempos de COVID-19

    En un seminario virtual de la serie La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores, Nohra Padilla, líder de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá...

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  • Waste Pickers in Colombia during COVID-19 crisis Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 08, 2020

    Recycling in Colombia: An Essential Service in the Time of COVID-19

    In a webinar from WIEGO’s Workers´ Voices series, Nohra Padilla—leader of the Waste Pickers Association of Bogotá and ANR—shares with other...

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