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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The Gender and Waste Project, Brazil

    In this video-message for the Urban Thinkers Campus WIEGO´s waste specialist Sonia Dias and the MNCR waste picker leader Madalena Duarte...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Laura de RENAREC describe el modelo de liderazgo compartido en su organización

    Laura Guanoluisa de la Red Nacional de Recicladores de Ecuador (RENAREC) describe los beneficios del modelo de liderazgo compartido utilizado...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The Warrior Within: Empowering Women Waste Pickers

    The Gender and Waste Project has been an ongoing-platform for women waste pickers to voice their opinions and perspectives on gender inequalities,...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Peru Ley No 27597: Que Modifica Ley 27475 Lustrabotas, Perú 2001

    Ley No 27597: Que Modifica Ley 27475 Lustrabotas, Perú 2001

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Recicladores de AREMARPO reciben pago por sus servicios en Popayán

    Este video muestra el proceso organizativo que llevó a los recicladores y las recicladoras de la Asociación de Recolectores de Materiales...

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  • Presentations

    Nuestra mirada sobre la informalidad

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

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Redemption – The Documentary

    From the documentary’s website: “They are New York City’s gleaners – struggling at the edge of our society. You see them on almost...

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  • Legal Instruments

    United-States-of-America-Law: Hawaii Act 248 – An Act Relating to Labor (Domestics) (United States)

    Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights for the state of Hawaii.

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  • Legal Instruments

    The Legal Regulation of Street Vendors in New York City

    This paper looks into the legal status of street vendors in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s and illustrates that despite persistent...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Uruguay Takes the Lead to Protect Domestic Workers

    Providing protection for the world’s millions of domestic workers has taken a major step forward. In April 2012, Uruguay became the...

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