Region: Colombia

Social Protection Responses Brief 7 – Spanish

Recycling in Colombia: An Essential Service in the Time of COVID-19

In a webinar from WIEGO’s Workers´ Voices series, Nohra Padilla—leader of the Waste Pickers Association of Bogotá and ANR—shares with other...

El reciclaje en Colombia: Un servicio esencial en tiempos de COVID-19

En un seminario virtual de la serie La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores, Nohra Padilla, líder de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá...

Le recyclage en Colombie : Un service essentiel en temps de la COVID-19

Dans un webinaire de la série La voix des travailleuse·eur·s, Nohra Padilla, dirigeante de l’Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) et...

Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won

In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia

Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.”

Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...