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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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  • Presentations

    Los datos, cuántos son y dónde están: a nivel nacional y en el Distrito Federal según sexo

    Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

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  • Presentations

    Graduation Speech at Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

    Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA and a founding member of WIEGO, was the speaker at the graduation for the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Should the City of Los Angeles Legalize Street Vending?

    The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ordinance Pertaining to the Regulation of Temporary Vendors Permits in the City of Brookings

    This document outlines the ordinacnes that pertain to the regulation of temporary vendor permits.

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