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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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Toolkits and Guides
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues
According to the website, “the Informal City Dialogues is a year-long project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted...
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Stories/Case Studies
Collective Bargaining and Domestic Workers in Uruguay
Through the collective bargaining process, the Sindicato Unico de Trabajadoras Domsticas (SUTD) has been able to win rights including a seniority...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Género y Residuos: Reformulando las Relaciones para el Empoderamiento
Los métodos participativos son esenciales para explorar los varios niveles de sumisión y discriminación que las recicladoras enfrentan, así...
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Legal Instruments
OIT Ley No 27986: Ley de los trabajadores del hogar: texto del convenio sobre el trabajo decente para las trabajadoras y los trabajadores domésticos
OIT convenio sobre la ley de los trabajadores del hogar: texto del convenio sobre el trabajo decente para las trabajadoras y los trabajadores...
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Legal Instruments
Ordenanza No 246 sobre el Comercio ambulatorio en el Distrito del Rimac, Perú
Ordenanza No 246 sobre el Comercio ambulatorio en el Distrito del Rimac, Perú
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Audiovisual Materials
Waste pickers of Brazil unite
In Ourinhos, Brazil, waste pickers got organised, got out of the informal economy and, in the process, managed to secure a better standard...
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Toolkits and Guides
Exposure Visit to Brazil
This is a report from SEWA on their exposure visit to Brazil.
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Stories/Case Studies
ARB: Fighting for an Inclusive Model for Recycling in Bogota
The Bogotá success demonstrates that the inclusion of waste pickers within the waste management system is possible through continuous effort...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Laura de RENAREC explica como trabajan con los diferentes niveles de gobierno
Laura Guanoluisa of Red Nacional de Recicladores de Ecuador (RENAREC) expone sobre la importancia del reconocimiento del trabajo de los recicladores...
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