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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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  • 66th Commission on the Status of Women 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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  • CataSaúde Viraliza Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study February 07, 2022

    Connecting 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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  • Brazilian catadora with recyclables 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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  • Brazilian catadora with recyclables 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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