Occupational Group: Waste Pickers

Formalization from the Ground – creating jobs within urban solid waste systems: the case of waste pickers´cooperatives

This presentation is a summary of the main findings of an ILO-WIEGO study on the nature and role of cooperatives and other Social and Solidarity...

Posicionamento da WIEGO sobre FECHAMENTO DE LIXÕES

Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) website

SEWA is a trade union registered in 1972. It is an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers in India. These are women who earn a...

Stree Mukti Sanghatana

Stree Mukti Sanghatana works with waste pickers within its waste management program.

Os Catadores

Vídeo emPortuguês/Inglês cooperativa de Arujá (Catasampa)English / Portuguese vídeo about a coop in Arujá (Catasampa network)Link: http://vimeo.com/2354118Os...

First Congress of Latin American Waste Pickers. Managua, February 2012 (Video)

The Latin American Wastpicker’s movement has grown from 5 to 17 member countries in the last 5 years. United and strong their demand...

Provide a Better Service, the Rest Will Follow: SWaCH PCMC Brings Waste Pickers into Mainstream

In Pune, KKPKP (the waste pickers’ union) has fought long and hard to bring about a gradual change in peoples’ attitude towards waste pickers....

Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base Agosto 2012

Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, agosto 2012  

RTE Maharashtra – 25% Reservation for Admission in Private Schools

This is a story of the struggle of some parents who wanted to get their children admitted to private schools through the 25% reservation...

Pas de Frontières pour Ceux Qui Luttent, Janvier et Février 2013

Bulletin de l’Alliance Mondiale des Récupérateurs, Janvier et Février 2013   Available in English here. Disponível em Português aqui. Disponible...