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    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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  • Members of Bokk Diom and local fisherfolk cleaning a beach together in Dakar. 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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  • News
    Legal 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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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    Brazilian 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

    Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey

    Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

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  • Research Reports

    Informalidad y Urbanismo Social en Medellín

    La ciudad de Medellín, después de unas décadas de aislamiento e involución caracterizadas por altos índices de inseguridad, violencia y segregación...

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  • Research Reports

    Problems with Temporary and Subcontracted Work in California

    The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s...

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  • Journal Articles

    The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

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