All posts in The Americas
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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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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Un saludo de Gabriela Olguin sobre el Dia internacional de trabajadores a domicilio
Gabriela Olguin, una lider de la Confederacion de Trabajadores de la Economia Popular (CTEP) y de la Cooperativa el Adoquin en Argentina...
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Legal Instruments
Peru Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú
Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú
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Stories/Case Studies
The slow death of Ecuadorian Banana workers
Magali Marega and Jo Vervecken draw on in-depth interviews of farmworkers in the Ecuadorian Banana farms, showing the health hazards of working...
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Presentations
Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina: Programa México – resultados del proyecto
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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