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  • Journal Articles

    Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in Brazil

    This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory...

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  • Journal Articles

    Slim pickin’s: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernization of urban waste management systems

    Abstract: Informal sector scavengers or waste pickers have been unrecognized stakeholders on the fringes of the urban waste landscape since...

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  • Research Reports

    Resumo dos principais achados – Cooperacao entre trabalhadores na economia informal: Um foco nos trabalhadores e trabalhadoras domiciliares e catadores e catadoras de material reciclavel

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Climate Change

    Wastepickers from around the world bombarded the halls of COP15 to demonstrate their livelihood and chant about the importance of recycling. ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Cooperatives in Uruguay

    Link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCQJMbJ6_HM

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  • Presentations

    Waste Picker: A Professional of the 21st Century

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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    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...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    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....

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Size and Significance of the Informal Economy

    In many cities in developing countries, informal employment accounts for the majority of employment. Data analysis suggests that informal...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Inclusive Cities Newsletter, January 2013

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