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  • Presentations

    Women Waste Pickers Toolkit – Low Resolution

    English language toolkit from the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Entrevista con Neida Clara Tamayo Torrico (English Subtitles)

    (Español) Neida Clara Tamayo Torrico de la Red de Recolectores de Santa Cruz, Bolivia discute algunas de las dificultades que enfrentan los...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ivaneide Souza on Coaching

    WIEGO’s Sonia Dias and Ivaneide Souza, of Redesol, discuss the importance of coaching for informal workers, especially women.  In Portuguese...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Gender and Waste Recycling Toolkit: Exercise 3 – Autonomy Tree

    Exercise 3 – Autonomy TreeThis workshop exercise was pulled from the Gender and Waste Toolkit, a publication providing a comprehensive...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Desenho do Projeto, Ferramentas e Recomendações – Livro 2

    Da Teoria à Ação: Gênero e Reciclagem de Resíduos Um Kit de Ferramentas para Professores, Pesquisadores e Profissionais. 

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Mesa-debate “Clasificadores y derecho a la ciudad”

    This video is in Spanish. Lucia Fernandez, Waste Picker Sector Advisor for WIEGO, provides an urban perspective on the displacement of waste...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Indira Explains How ID Cards Improve Waste Picker Work Conditions

    Indira, a waste picker with Hasiru Dala in Bangalore, India explains how occupational identification cards have helped workers at the Expert...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Waste Narratives – To mark inclusion of Waste pickers and Informal Waste Dealers

    To mark inclusion of Waste pickers and Informal Waste Dealers in the recently released Solid & Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016,...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The Warrior Within: Empowering Women Waste Pickers

    The Gender and Waste Project has been an ongoing-platform for women waste pickers to voice their opinions and perspectives on gender inequalities,...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    SAFM Radio Interview with Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and South African Wastepicker Representatives

    Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and waste picker represenatives from Johannesburg, South Africa are interviewed on local radio to share their concerns...

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