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A Rede Cata Sampa é formada por 15 cooperativas e associações de catadores de materiais recicláveis e busca ampliar e organizar práticas de economia solidária nessas organizações fortalecendo assim a vida dos catadores e suas familias.
The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important to their cities (waste pickers).
The Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT) forms part of the Federal University of Bahia’s Institute of Collective Health, which is located in Salvador Brazil. In 2008 PISAT became a formal Collaborating Centre of the Brazilian Health Ministry/Health Surveillance Secretariat, with the aim...
A partir do site da Centro Gaspar Garcia: O Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos é uma organização ecumênica, não governamental (ONG), sem fins lucrativos ou econômicos. Desde 1988 atua junto a pessoas de baixa renda que possuem seus direitos violados, conferindo a esta população o papel de...
O Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR) é um movimento social que há cerca de 10 anos vem organizando os catadores e catadoras de materiais recicláveis pelo Brasil afora.
Biography (from Artsy website): Photographer and mixed-media artist Vik Muniz is best known for repurposing everyday materials for intricate and heavily layered recreations of canonical artworks. Muniz works in a range of media, from trash to peanut butter and jelly, the latter used to recreate Andy...
This site is part of Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística.
El equipo de Políticas Urbanas de WIEGO analizó en los últimos 18 meses nuevos artículos sobre venta ambulante en seis países para comprender mejor cómo estas personas trabajadoras en empleo informal están siendo ‒o, más precisamente, “no están siendo”‒ incorporadas en las ciudades del siglo XXI....
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Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
WIEGO Briefs
This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid waste management models that are true to an inclusive, circular economy while being suited for local contexts and offering livelihood protection.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.