Region: Brazil

Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos (English)

Recicla Ourinhos is a cooperative whose 80 members are contracted by the municipality to provide services for collection, assessment, improvement...

Genre et Déchets: Repenser les Relations vers L’autonomisation

Les méthodes participatives sont essentielles pour explorer les nombreuses facettes de la soumission et de la discrimination que connaissent...

VIDEO: Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo), Gender and Waste

Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo) cooperative talks about her participation at the workshop on women waste pickers, some of the topics...

VIDEO: Samuel Le Coeur from AMELIOR Association in France

From 28-30 November 2016, informal recyclers from Brazil hosted the international event, Expocatadores, in which they invited Latin American...

Occupational Health and Safety & Domestic Work

This report contains findings from a four-year research project on occupational health and safety (OHS) and informal workers. The report...

Género y Residuos: Reformulando las Relaciones para el Empoderamiento

Los métodos participativos son esenciales para explorar los varios niveles de sumisión y discriminación que las recicladoras enfrentan, así...

Valdete Roza from Atlimarjom, Gender and Waste

Valdete Roza from Associação dos Trabalhadores na Limpeza e Material Reciclável de João Monlevade (Atlimarjom) in Minas Gerais shares her...

VIDEO: The Warrior Within: Empowering Women Waste Pickers

The Gender and Waste Project has been an ongoing-platform for women waste pickers to voice their opinions and perspectives on gender inequalities,...

Santé et sécurité au travail et travail ménager

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