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  • Woman sawing from home (Tailoring) during COVIS-19 pandemic Policy/Position Documents

    Position Paper on Inequalities and the World of Work, prepared for the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference

    Despite a pre-pandemic modest decrease in the number of people living in extreme poverty, the number of extremely poor increased by about...

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  • Waste Picker of Mushroomville with his collected materials News
    Building Collective Power November 12, 2021

    Waste pickers in Tshwane (Pretoria) face displacement and loss of livelihoods as a result of evictions

    WIEGO and its affiliates stand in solidarity with the 180 waste pickers in Mushroomville who were given notice of eviction on 15th November...

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  • Bigué Cissé, a waste picker at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite near Dakar, Senegal, has been collecting plastic recyclables for 16 years to support her family of eight, including three children. Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study November 05, 2021

    The Urgent Need to Question Senegal’s Commitment to Ensuring Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods

    The restructuring of the Mbeubeuss dump where over 2,000 men and women earn their living is part of Senegal’s “acceleration” programme...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 2

    Many different organizations and specialists talk about universal social protection. But their vision of how to achieve it is very different....

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  • Technical Briefs

    Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers

    This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...

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  • Meenaben at work in her home Project

    Home as Workplace

    For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage...

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  • Family-Friendly Policies for Workers - joint WIEGO/ILO/UNICEF paper Research Reports

    Family-Friendly Policies for Workers in the Informal Economy

    This policy brief is an outcome of a collaboration between WIEGO, UNICEF and the ILO in advocating for family-friendly policies to protect...

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  • Waste pickers map thumbnail Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Waste Warriors of Delhi: Locating waste picker communities across the city

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Project

    Waste Pickers and Human Rights

    ILO estimates indicate that close to 20 million people worldwide earn their living from recycling waste. Many work as waste pickers who gather...

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  • Resource Documents

    O Ecossistema de Resíduos: O papel dos catadores e vendedores ambulantes na redução da poluição do litoral durante o carnaval de Salvador da Bahia, Brasil

    English Thomas, Brittany A., Sonia M. Dias, Cynthia Deng e Mariana Pereira Guimarães. 2021. O Ecossistema de Resíduos: O papel dos catadores...

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