Empowering informal workers: Pathways for inclusive circularity
The contributions of the informal workforce often go unrecognised. This session will highlight the informal workforce’s critical role in driving the circular economy, emphasising the importance of pro-poor, context-specific and holistic approaches. Through a critical examination of the opportunities, constraints and challenges, the speakers will delve into what is needed to ensure inclusive integration of workers into formal circular economy policies, projects and investments. They will gather voices from various regions and sectors, offer diverse perspectives on the synergies of informality and circularity, and demonstrate that circular economy can be a tool for development.
Organisers: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, with Circle Economy Foundation, Circular Economy Coalition for Latin American and the Caribbean and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil).
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