Region: Brazil

VIDEO: Women’s Stories: Madalena Duarte

This is a message of support to women waste pickers in South Africa from Madalena Duarte, a waste picker leader from MNCR (Movimento Nacional...

VIDEO: Victor Carvajal from Argentina

In Spanish with English subtitles

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...

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...

Como uma Cidade Brasileira Usou o Teatro e a Música para Popularizar a Reciclagem – e os trabalhadores pobres por trás dessa atividade

Por Carlin Carr

Le théâtre et la chanson au service du recyclage : comment une ville brésilienne s’est y prise pour rendre populaire le recyclage et les travailleurs pauvres qui le réalisent

Par Carlin Carr