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Advocacy Materials
Cooperatives Cushion Catadores Against Worst of Pandemic
Key Points Waste-picker cooperatives cushioned Brazil’s waste pickers (known locally as catadores) against the worst economic impacts of...
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Resource Documents
Inclusive Recycling in Waste Picker Cooperatives in Brazil: Impacts of COVID-19 Comparative Analysis 2020-2021
See related brief. Key Points: Cooperatives were able to quickly implement COVID-19 protocols in the sorting sheds, thus achieving greater...
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Mar 13 2022
66th Commission on the Status of Women
- March 13, 2022 - March 25, 2022
- Online
The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study February 07, 2022Connecting Waste Pickers During the Pandemic
WIEGO’s CataSaúde Viraliza project – an online capacity building course – was created in Brazil in 2020 as a response to challenges posed...
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Statistical Briefs
Catadores de materiais recicláveis no Brasil: um perfil estatístico
O Brasil é líder no reconhecimento de seus mais de 281.000 catadores informais em cadeias de reciclagem e nas estatísticas oficiais do...
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Briefs
Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3
In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...
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Statistical Briefs
Waste Pickers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile
Brazil is a leader in recognizing its more than 281,000 informal waste pickers in recycling chains and the country’s official statistics....
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Toolkits and Guides
Cartilha de precificação para o trabalho dos catadores e das catadoras
Pagamento por serviços na catação Esta cartilha apresenta orientações de como precificar o trabalho dos catadores seja das organizações coletivas...
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Toolkits and Guides
Oi! Foi bom te ver lá na formação. Na sua turma também tinha catadores e catadoras do Brasil todo e que trabalhavam na rua ou galpão?
Cartão-Memória Cata Saúde: Este cartão-memória reconta como foi o projeto de capacitação online Cata Saúde Viraliza a partir de um diálogo...
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City/Country Level Reports
COVID-19 Crisis and Canners in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery
Canners represent many underserved populations in New York City, including racially or ethnically marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants,...
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