Occupational Group: Waste Pickers

Summary of Key Findings from Cooperation Among Workers in the Informal Economy: A Focus on Home-Based Workers and Waste Pickers

This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities,...

SEWA Academy website

SEWA Academy is the focal point for all of SEWA’s training, capacity building, research and communication efforts. SEWA Academy functions...

Asociación Nacional de Recicladores de Colombia

Información sobre la Asociación Nacional de Recicladores de Colombia

Waste Picker: A Professional of the 21st Century

Presented at the Waste Pickers’ Conference in Bogota, Colombia También disponible en español

Global Alliance of Waste Pickers

The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries...

The Journey of Varshaben: From Vegetable Vending to Video SEWA

Young women have few opportunities to break out of the roles they are traditionally expected to take on in their families and as workers....

Inclusive Urban Planning Press Release from World Urban Forum 6

This September 4 press release, issued at the World Urban Forum 6 in Naples, calls on urban officials to integrate informal workers into...

Boletín de Noticias Ciudades Inclusivas Enero de 2013

Landfill Harmonic

The movie trailer describes “Landfill Harmonic as an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay,...

Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base abril 2013

Um Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, abril 2013