Region: Brazil

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: Silvana from Coopersoli Barreiro and Redesol, Gender and Waste

Silvana Maria Leal de Assis from Coopersoli Barreiro and Redesol says that during the workshop she realized the she had capacities and qualities...

Brazil Law: Lei No. 6.586 (Brazil) – Classifica o comerciante ambulante para fins trabalhistas e previdenciários

Brazilian law classifying street vendors for the purpose of labor and social security law.

The Informal Recycling Sector in Brazil

Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

A Gender Perspective on Recycling

A presentation, made at WIEGO’s 6th General Assembly, that has been piloted in Brazil to help empower women waste pickers. RelatedWIEGO’s...

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...

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...