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Stories/Case Studies
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...
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Audiovisual Materials
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...
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Audiovisual Materials
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...
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Policy/Position Documents
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...
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Legal Instruments
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
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Advocacy Materials
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...
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Stories/Case Studies
Nohra Padilla, Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor
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Audiovisual Materials
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...
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Legal Instruments
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.
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Legal Instruments
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...
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