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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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  • 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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