All posts in Brazil
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Worker Story
God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story
The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...
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Briefs
Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil
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Research Reports
Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Centro-Oeste)
Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Nordeste NorteSudeste Sul ...
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Research Reports
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....
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Worker Story
Deus é meu Despertador
Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...
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Journal Articles
Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine
Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...
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Research Reports
Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sul)
Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNordesteNorteSudeste ...
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Journal Articles
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...
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WIEGO Publication Series
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines
This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...
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Journal Articles
Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuriesAnnals of Occupational Hygiene
Objectives: In Brazil, workers without a formal job contract represent approximately half of the labor force but there are no official statistics...
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