Theme: Women's Leadership

‘The Pretty Ones’

Português   By Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes   I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and...

Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, member of the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil

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Not to be Taken for Granted: What Informal Waste Pickers Offer the Urban Economy

WIEGO Waste Sector Specialist Sonia Dias argues for a holistic approach to solid waste management that recognises the economic and environmental...

Il sapere urbano del clasificadores (The knowledge of urban recyclers) Lo Squaderno Urban Knowledges, Explorations in Space and Society

Raccoglitori di Residui; Una panoramica globale sul primo anello del circuito del riciclaggio (Waste pickers: a global view on the first step of the recycling chain)CWG-Reorient- Retos al Sur

Repensando a articulação entre catadores, gestão integrada e sustentável de resíduous sólidos e desenvolvimento

Este artigo intenta explorar alguns dos desafios, paradoxos e limites no processo de associação do lixo à cidadania, chamando particularmente...

Waste Pickers: A Gendered Perspective

Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil

Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....

Empowering Home-based Workers in India: Strategies and Solutions

This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts to the Harvard University South Asia Institute for a project on ‘Livelihood...

Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in Brazil

This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory...