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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Encontrando uma voz coletiva para se tornar visível: a criação da RENAREC

    História preparado por: Olga Abizaid, WIEGO com Felipe Toledo, Fundação AVINA, Yolanda Bueno, Fundación Alianza, e María Llanes (ex-presidente...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Especial Web: Madalena, Uma Catadora

    This video in Portuguese shows a day in the life of Madalena Duarte, a Brazilian waste picker who is one of Brazil’s national leaders. ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Ejercicio 2: Conciencia de las relaciones de género – Actividad ping-pong

    Género y reciclaje: De la teoría a la acción Un manual para profesores, investigadores y profesionales

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline. December 2015-April 2016

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, December 2015-April 2016Read the newsletter in English.Leer el boletín en español. Leia o boletim...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Derecho a la ciudad y privatizacion de la basura

    en Español   Este video, producido por WIEGO en colaboración con la Universidad de Uruguay UDELAR y el proyecto “Más allá de la basura”...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Why a Waste Picker from Quito Is Fighting to be Included in The New Urban Agenda

    By 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Next City’s journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Waste Pickers Infographic, 2017

    This infographic was produced by WIEGO using the latest statistics and research on the waste picker sector.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Waste Management Workers: The South African Experience

    This booklet describes how workers and employers have organized in South Africa’s waste management sector. The booklet is based on research...

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  • Presentations

    Wastepickers and the right to the city: Forging a new conceptualization of “the public” in waste management

    Presentation during Session 6 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference “Waste Pickers: Conceptualization of ‘The Public’...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Feeding Families: Meet Grace from Ghana

    Open dumps pose major environmental and health concerns. They also provide incomes for million of people worldwide. Waste picker Grace Avemegah...

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