The Americas

Immigrant Nation

“Immigrant Nation” is an online interactive documentary beginning Summer 2013. The first video is about a domestic worker and...

Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of Massachusetts, with links to multilingual resource pages.

Finding a Collective Voice to Become Visible: The Creation of the RENAREC

Story prepared by: Olga Abizaid, WIEGO with Felipe Toledo, Fundación AVINA, Yolanda Bueno, Fundación Alianza, and María Llanes (former President...

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers – The Brazilian Experience

Law: Lei No. 6.586 – Classifica o comerciante ambulante para fins trabalhistas e previdenciários

Brazilian law classifying street vendors for the purpose of labor and social security law

Gender and Waste: Rethinking Relations for Empowerment

Participatory methods are essential in exploring the many levels of submission and discrimination women waste pickers face and in creating...

Decreto Supremo No 004-2009-TR: Precisan actos de discriminación en contra de las trabajadoras del hogar

Decreto Supremo Nº 004  sobre los actos de discriminación en contra de las trabajadoras del hogar.

Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú

Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú

Number 5: Steps Towards Compliance With Order 275 of 2011

In “Steps Towards Compliance with Order 275 of 2011”, the fifth video in the series Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion, waste pickers recount...

VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Tania Alfonso

This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...