The Americas

Implementación de la Ley y Reglamento que Regula la Actividad de los Recicladores en los Gobiernos Locales

Informe con dos estudios de caso sobre mejores prácticas en la instrumentación de la Ley No. 29419 y su regulación en dos localidades de...

Nohra Padilla, the Voice of Bogota’s Recycler at COP21

Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award, is interviewed by Cities...

VIDEO: Sérgio Sanchez from Argentina

In Spanish with English subtitles En español con subtítulos en inglés   From 28-30 November 2016, informal recyclers from Brazil hosted the...

Political Platform for the Rights of Domestic Workers in Mexico

This  Political  Platform  was  developed  during  the  1st Regional Exchange of Experiences of Women Domestic Workers: Convention 189 and...

Decreto Supremo No. 057-2004-PCM; Reglamento de la Ley General No. 27314 de Residuos Sólidos en Perú

Decreto Supremo No. 057-2004-PCM; Reglamento de la Ley General No. 27314 de Residuos Sólidos en Perú

Home-Based Workers Regional Meeting, Latin America

A compilation of laws and policies protecting home-based workers (wage-employed and self-employed), the document was prepared over five years...

Nohra Padilla, Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor

Redemption – The Documentary

From the documentary’s website: “They are New York City’s gleaners – struggling at the edge of our society. You see them on almost...

United-States-of-America-Law: Hawaii Act 248 – An Act Relating to Labor (Domestics) (United States)

Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights for the state of Hawaii.

The Legal Regulation of Street Vendors in New York City

This paper looks into the legal status of street vendors in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s and illustrates that despite persistent...