Brazil

Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil.

Trajetόrias e Memόrias dos Fόruns Lixo e Cidadania No Brasil: Experimentos Singulares de Justiça Social e Governança Participativa

Summary available in English here.

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...

Behance: Hard Life (Paper Collectors)

The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important...

National Brazilian Waste Policy

“This is a law document. This law establishes the Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste; it amends the Law no. 9,605, February 12,...

Waste pickers of Brazil unite

In Ourinhos, Brazil, waste pickers got organised, got out of the informal economy and, in the process, managed to secure a better standard...

World Cup for All: A Portrait of Street Vendors’ Organizations in the World Cup Host Cities in Brazil

This report is an English summary of a Portuguese research study StreetNet International commissioned on organizations of informal traders...

Estadísticas Sobre el Empleo Informal en Brasil

Nota estadística, No. 2

Participatory Sustainable Waste Management

Welcome to the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management (PSWM) website, a knowledge-hub for innovative projects dedicated to more sustainable...

Mujeres Recicladoras