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  • Legal Instruments

    Reglamento de la Ley No. 29419

    Ley que regula las actividades de los recicladores D.S. 005-2010 MINAM; aspectos técnicos del reciclaje de los residuos sólidos.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Women’s Stories: Madalena Duarte

    This is a message of support to women waste pickers in South Africa from Madalena Duarte, a waste picker leader from MNCR (Movimento Nacional...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Especial Web: Madalena, Uma Catadora

    This video in Portuguese shows a day in the life of Madalena Duarte, a Brazilian waste picker who is one of Brazil’s national leaders. ...

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    La justicia en la basura

    Este blog fue escrito por Tania Espinosa Sánchez, Coordinadora para Latinoamérica del Programa de Leyes de WIEGO, y Consejera de la Comisión...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Peru Summary of Legal Framework on Domestic Work in Peru

    Summary of materials related to the legal framework for domestic workers.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Peru Proyecto de ordenanza que regula el comercio ambulatorio en los espacios públicos en Lima, Perú

    Proyecto de ordenanza que regula el comercio ambulatorio en los espacios públicos en Lima, Perú

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Design for Shoeshiners in CDMX – Team 3

    Designs prepared for Mexico City Shoe Shiner’s Union by a group of design students from Mexico City’s IberoAmerican University.  ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Immigrant Nation

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

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  • Legal Instruments

    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.

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  • Presentations

    OHS Initiative for Informal Workers – The Case Study of Brazil

    OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

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