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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Pablo Schamber

    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

    VIDEO: Silvana from Coopersoli Barreiro and Redesol, Gender and Waste

    Silvana Maria Leal de Assis from Coopersoli Barreiro and Redesol says that during the workshop she realized the she had capacities and qualities...

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  • Presentations

    Recomendación 7/2016 CDHDF Red Urbana MX

    Recomendación 7/2016 CDHDF: “Omisiones en el sistema de recolección, separación y destino final de residuos sólidos urbanos en la Ciudad...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Silvio Ruiz from Colombia

    In Spanish with English subtitles

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    WIEGO in the World: Latin America

    This document reviews WIEGO’s work in Latin America, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building, strengthening...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Employment Rights Act, 2012

    This Act makes provisions for the rights of employed persons in Barbados.

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Proposals and demands of workers in informal employment for the new government of Mexico City

    This Platform contains a list of proposals and demands to move towards guaranteeing the rights of informal workers.  This document can also...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Marcelina Bautista: IDWN Latin American Regional Coordinator and General Secretary of CONLACTRAHO [Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Domestic Workers]

    Women’s Economic Empowerment: Voice for Domestic Workers

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    National Domestic Workers Alliance

    Founded in 2007, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for the millions of domestic workers in the...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    The LA Street Vendor Campaign

    The Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign (LASVC) is the initiative to legalize street vending on Los Angeles’ city sidewalks. The organizing...

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