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Research Reports
The Occupational Health of Waste Pickers in Pune: KKPKP and SWaCH Members Push for Health Rights
This report from the union of waste pickers, KKPKP, in Pune, India details the interventions of the union to improve the health of their...
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Working Papers
Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management
The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...
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Journal Articles
First Take: Waste – Global Challenge, Latin American Lessons ReVista (Harvard Review of Latin America)
Waste—its generation, collection and disposal—is a major global challenge in the 21st century. This is the lead article of the special issue...
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Research Reports
Certification of Occupational Skills
This document emphasizes the transformation of the waste management model and the labor certification process, which is a recognition of...
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Research Reports
Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México
El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...
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Research Reports
Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations
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Research Reports
Organizando nas Ruas: Um estudo dos Catadores de recicláveis nas ruas da Cidade do Cabo
Um resumo baseado no relatório de Koni Benson e Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, (ILRIG) – Grupo Internacional de Informação e Pesquisa de Trabalho
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Worker Story
Deus é meu Despertador
Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...
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Research Reports
Engaging With the Urban Poor and Their Organizations for Poverty Reduction and Urban Governance
An issues paper for the United Nations Development Programme
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Statistical Briefs
Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil
In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited...
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