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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Ejercicio 3: El árbol de la autonomía

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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    No hay fronteras para los que luchan, diciembre 2015 – abril 2016

    Boletín de la Alianza Global de Recicladores, diciembre 2015 – abril 2016 Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín en español.   Leia...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    SEWA Rashtriya Patrika – July 2016

    This is the second issue of “SEWA Rashtriya Patrika”, SEWA’s Mouthpiece integrating women workers in national development. The...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    SLIDESHOW: Ragpickers

    Introduction from MHEU website: “Collecting garbage and sorting it for recycling… A pretty topical issue! Yet this is a very...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Los y Las Recicladoras en el Mundo – Infográfico

    Este infográfico fue producido por WIEGO utilizando las últimas estadísticas e investigaciones sobre el sector de recolección de residuos....

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO MBO Newsletter June 2017

    WIEGO’s June 2017 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers. Read the newsletter in English.Leer el boletín...

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  • Presentations

    Waste & Citizenship Forum: ‘New Politics of Public Policy’ ?

    Presentation made during the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Recognizing Waste Pickers

    In many developing countries, high recycling rates (50-80%) can be credited to the informal sector. Johnston Doe explains how waste pickers...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Informal Workers in Focus Fact Sheet Collection

    Contains fact sheets on Street Vendors, Waste Collectors, and Home-based Workers (also available separately)

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    SWaCH

    Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune. SWaCH Coop is India’s first wholly-owned...

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