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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos (English)

    Recicla Ourinhos is a cooperative whose 80 members are contracted by the municipality to provide services for collection, assessment, improvement...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Acceptance Speech by Nohra Padilla, 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony

    Acceptance speech by Nohra Padilla, who won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Bogota’s marginalized waste pickers...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Participatory Sustainable Waste Management

    Welcome to the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management (PSWM) website, a knowledge-hub for innovative projects dedicated to more sustainable...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Le Travail de WIEGO dans la Ville de Lima

    La mise en oeuvre de plusieurs initiatives de WIEGO dans deux villes – Lima, capitale du Pérou en Amérique du Sud, et Accra, capitale...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Resolución No 004-GCR-IPSS-98: Aprueban normas complementarias del D.S. No. 001-98-SA, referidas a trabajadores del hogar y sus empleadores

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  • Legal Instruments

    Normativa Sobre Vendedores Ambulantes de Perú

    Resumen de las materias relacionadas con el marco jurídico para vendedores ambulantes. Resumen de las principales leyes e ordenanzas relacionadas...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Summary of the Regulatory Framework Pertinent to Waste Pickers in Peru

    Summary of main rules related to waste pickers in Peru; Law 29419

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Trabajadores y Trabajadoras del Hogar, conociendo nuestros derechos

    (En español) Training materials on Bill 27986 and its regulations developed for SINTRAHOGARP.

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Decent Work for Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains Platform of Demands

    Advocacy MaterialThousands of homeworkers contributed, directly or indirectly, to the demands contained in this Platform.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Injustas condiciones para un trabajo tan importante BarrenderosCDMX: Tania Espinosa, CDHDF

    Tania Espinosa consejera de CDHDF y Coordinadora para Latinoamérica del Programa de Leyes de WIEGO habla sobre la labor y derechos de “los...

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