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  • Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO Post
    Building Collective Power February 15, 2024

    Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible

    Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...

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  • Aditya Vyas, Treasurer for the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) Post
    Building Collective Power February 01, 2024

    India’s KKPKP Fights for Waste Pickers Rights

    Aditya Vyas, Treasurer for the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), talks about the victories of the waste pickers in Pune and...

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  • Poor infrastructure Post
    Climate Change and Just Transition December 04, 2023

    From Climate Research to Climate Action: Climate Change Mapping of Impacts on Brazilian Waste Pickers

    From rising temperatures to shifting work conditions, a new study highlights the vital role waste pickers play in managing urban waste and...

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  • New waste disposal site Post
    Building Collective Power November 23, 2023

    Waste Pickers Demand Livelihood Protection During Dump Closures: Learnings from 3 Cities

    Experiences from Brasilia, Accra and Dakar show that the inclusion of waste pickers in dump closure plans and consideration for their livelihoods...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil

    Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil

    From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...

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  • Waste Pickers in Accra, Ghana 2019 Post
    Global Advocacy and Negotiations August 16, 2023

    Challenging the Boundaries of Labour Law at the Labour Law Research Network Conference

    Labour law only “sees” employees. It resists the idea that self-employed workers in the informal economy, such as street vendors and waste...

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  • Law & Informality Insights

    Waste Pickers and Human Rights in Latin America

    This edition of Law & Informality Insights describes WIEGO’s strategies to articulate the working conditions of waste pickers as human...

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  • On 4 May 2023 in Dakar, Bokk Diom waste pickers demonstrated against a government measure that will limit their access to Mbeubeuss dumpsite Post
    Building Collective Power July 17, 2023

    Bokk Diom Mobilizes Against Partial Closure of Mbeubeuss Dumpsite in Dakar

    The Association of Waste Pickers Bokk Diom demands that Senegal’s government keeps its promises of inclusion as the closure of West Africa’s...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Documento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT

    Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...

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