Brazil

Mujeres Recicladoras

Spanish language toolkit from the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...

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...

WIEGO and Pimpex: Recyclers of Belo Horizonte

• October 23, 2016
• Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Gender and Waste

A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste...

Brazil – OHS Project

  WIEGO’s OHS project supported the ongoing work of the Worker’s Health Unit (PISAT) at the Institute for Collective Health at the Federal...

¿Dónde están las ciudades inclusivas? Vendedores y vendedoras ambulantes en todo el mundo se enfrentan a hostilidades crecientes

El equipo de Políticas Urbanas de WIEGO analizó en los últimos 18 meses nuevos artículos sobre venta ambulante en seis países para comprender...

Como atingir as metas de empoderamento econômico das mulheres: Primeiro, garantir que as mulheres possam reconhecer sua própria dignidade e autoestima

Valdete Roza é uma catadora brasileira e líder em sua cooperativa. Ela é pioneira em discussões de gênero com catadoras e catadores em toda...

Working Poor Women are Redefining How to Achieve Gender Equality

For International Women’s Day, WIEGO is launching a month-long series to dive into the lives of women working in the informal economy. We...

Waste has Worth — and So Do the Women Working to Collect It

A step-by-step guide to building empowerment among women waste pickers By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando Women across the globe share...