Region: Brazil

Palavra Ética Frei Gilvander | Tema : Reciclagem

(English) In this interview, Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Sector Specialist -Waste Pickers, speaks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204,...

The Statute of the City, Law No. 10.257 of 2001

The City Statute (Law 10.257) is a federal law passed in Brazil in 2001 that builds on the Federal Constitution of Brazil to create a new...

Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional y Trabajo del Hogar

Este informe contiene los resultados de un proyecto de investigación de cuatro años sobre la salud y seguridad ocupacional (SSO) y los trabajadores...

IEMS: La Investigación-Acción Lleva y Resultados Concretos

VIDEO: Ivaneide Souza on Coaching

WIEGO’s Sonia Dias and Ivaneide Souza, of Redesol, discuss the importance of coaching for informal workers, especially women.  In Portuguese...

Home-Based Workers Regional Meeting, Latin America

A compilation of laws and policies protecting home-based workers (wage-employed and self-employed), the document was prepared over five years...

Afya na Usalama Katika Maeneo ya Kazi na Kazi za Nyumbani

(Swahili) 

Gênero e Lixo: Repensando Relações de Empoderamento

Métodos participativos são essenciais tanto para explorar os diversos níveis de subordinação e discriminação que as mulheres catadoras enfrentam,...

VIDEO: The Gender and Waste Project, Brazil

In this video-message for the Urban Thinkers Campus WIEGO´s waste specialist Sonia Dias and the MNCR waste picker leader Madalena Duarte...

Minas Gerais: Waste Picker Health & Safety

An exploratory health risk mapping in five waste picker cooperatives in Brazil considers waste pickers’ work routines and workplace...