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This blog post is an interview with Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Sector Specialist. Here Sonia shares information from the Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Sector Report. View Sonia's profile .
There is good news for waste pickers. The lakhs of nondescript women with a waste-bag hung over their shoulders, collecting garbage from roads and dumpsites is a common sight across cities in India.
Presentation by Victoria Okoye of WIEGO for Habitat III.
This is Book 2 in a series, "From Theory to Action: Gender and Waste Recycling: A Toolkit for Teachers, Researchers and Practitioners." The series provides a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers, and practitioners seeking to empower women working in informal waste management systems...
This is Book 3 in a series, "From Theory to Action: Gender and Waste Recycling: A Toolkit for Teachers, Researchers and Practitioners." The series provides a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers, and practitioners seeking to empower women working in informal waste management systems...
Exercise 1: Icebreaker This workshop exercise was pulled from the Gender and Waste Toolkit, a publication providing a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers and practitioners on gender in informal waste management systems. This exercise was used to introduce participants to one another at...
Exercise 2: Awareness of Gender Relations - Ping-pong Activity This workshop exercise was pulled from the Gender and Waste Toolkit, a publication providing a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers and practitioners on gender in informal waste management systems. This exercise was used to...
Exercise 3 - Autonomy Tree This workshop exercise was pulled from the Gender and Waste Toolkit, a publication providing a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers and practitioners on gender in informal waste management systems. This exercise was used to create an in-depth discussion on...
Exercise 4 - Discussing Gender Roles This workshop exercise was pulled from the Gender and Waste Toolkit, a publication providing a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers and practitioners on gender in informal waste management systems. This exercise was used to encourage reflection on...
Exercise 5 - Closing Session: Evaluating the Workshop This workshop exercise was pulled from the Gender and Waste Toolkit, a publication providing a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, researchers and practitioners on gender in informal waste management systems. This exercise was used as a time to...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
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.
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.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.