All posts in The Americas
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Legal Instruments
Government Resource: City of Vancouver (Canada) Guide to Street and Sidewalk Use for Business
City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, guide to laws governing various types of street vending, busking, and other forms of business...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Interview with Paulina Paucar Peña (Peru–FEDEVAL/CUT)
In this interview, Paulina Paucar Peña, who sells clothes at a market in Lima, tells us how the trade union organising campaign has helped...
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Presentations
The Informal Recycling Sector in Brazil
Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor
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Legal Instruments
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
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
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...
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Legal Instruments
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.
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Legal Instruments
Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú
Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú
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Audiovisual Materials
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...
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Audiovisual Materials
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. ...
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Audiovisual Materials
Palavra Ética Frei Gilvander | Tema : Reciclagem
(English) In this interview, Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Sector Specialist -Waste Pickers, speaks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204,...
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