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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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  • Legal Instruments

    Reglamento de la Ley No. 29429 que regula la actividad de los recicladores

    Texto del reglamento de la Ley No. 29429 que regula la actividad de los recicladores. Vea también la Ley No. 29429.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Dogtown Redemption

    A documentary trailer that tells the story of Americans who survive by recycling trash in Oakland, CA.   Visit the Dogtown Redemption website Redemption...

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  • Legal Instruments

    New York State, Article 15, Human Rights Law

    This executive law is enacted to ensure that every individual shall have an equal opportunity to participate fully in the economic, cultural...

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  • Presentations

    Studies in “Non-Standard” Employment in Canada

    Presentation for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT), Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Bahia

    The Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT) forms part of the Federal University of Bahia’s Institute of Collective Health, which...

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