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  • Audiovisual Materials

    A Beijing Recycler’s Life

    This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Não Há Fronteiras para Aqueles que Lutam! Janeiro-fevereiro 2013

      Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, janeiro – fevereiro 2013   Available in English here. Disponível em Português aqui. Disponible...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO avril 2013

    Une newsletter de WIEGO aux organisations de travailleurs informels basées sur leurs adhérents (OBA), avril 2013.

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Waste Pickers: The Right to Be Recognized as Workers

    Long before the green economy concept was globally adopted, waste pickers and other recycling and waste workers in the informal economy have...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline, May – June 2013

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, May – June 2013   Available in English here. Disponible en español aquí.   Disponible...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Ordenanza Municipal para el Comercio Estacionado y Ambulante

    Ordinance governing street vending in Santiago, Chile

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Global Waste Pickers’ Day: One day of celebration, 364 days of struggle!

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers notes that “To celebrate Global Waste Pickers’ Day, we have compiled highlights from Struggles and...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    WIEGO Network Platform: Transitioning from the Informal to the Formal Economy in the Interests of Workers in the Informal Economy

    The platform sets out common core needs and demands for informal workers around organizing/labour rights, voice and bargaining power, legal...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Caracterización Socioeconómica y de Salud de Personas Recicladoras (Forma Completa)

    Este documento ofrece una caracterización de las condiciones socioeconómicas y de salud de los recicladores de base en los principales vertederos...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Não Há Fronteiras para Aqueles que Lutam! Agosto-Setembro de 2014

    Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, Agosto-Setembro de 2014 Leia o boletim em Português. Lire le bulletin en français. Read the newsletter...

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