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Global Advocacy and Negotiations December 23, 2019Looking 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,...
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Research Reports
Resumen Ejectivo – La situación de los derechos humanos de la comunidad recicladora en América Latina: un reclamo urgente por respeto a través de estándares internacionales
El objetivo de este informe es brindar argumentos y herramientas jurídicas que permitan proteger efectivamente los derechos humanos de las...
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Resource Documents
Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand
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Project
Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling
The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...
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NewsLegal Empowerment September 22, 2019
Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers
On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...
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SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...
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Sep 18 2019
Third Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America
- September 18, 2019 - September 19, 2019
- Lima, Perú
WIEGO, together with Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC),...
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Research Reports
Construindo a cidadania: avanços e limites do Projeto de Coleta Seletiva em parceria com a ASMARE
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Journal Articles
Informalidad, inseguridad y cohesión social en América Latina
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Organizing Briefs
Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru
Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...
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