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  • Presentations

    Guia Acadêmico/Técnico Social

    Presentation on Gender and Waste Project with catadores, 9-10 April, Minas Gerais. Apresentação sobre Projeto de Gênero e Resíduos com catadores,...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Agustin Casal

    This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...

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  • Presentations

    Informal Recyclers in Europe: Status and Report of a Consultation

    Research co-financed by WIEGO, Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Forneça um serviço melhor, o resto se seguirá

    SWaCH PCMC levam os catadores de materiais recicláveis ao objetivo final. Also available in English.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Gender and Waste Recycling: Project Design, Tools and Recommendations

    This is Book 2 in a series, “From Theory to Action: Gender and Waste Recycling: A Toolkit for Teachers, Researchers and Practitioners.”  ...

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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

    Não Há Fronteiras para Aqueles que Lutam! Dezembro 2015-Abril 2016

    Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, Dezembro 2015-Abril 2016   Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín en español.   Leia o boletim...

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    globalrec

    There is good news for waste pickers. The lakhs of nondescript women with a waste-bag hung over their shoulders, collecting garbage from...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The Green Force

    Problems of Urban waste management and sustainable livelihood to waste-pickers through formal employment are like conjoined twins. Hasiru...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO en el mundo: Boletín informativo, enero 2017

    Este número del boletín WIEGO destaca las actividades de WIEGO entre julio y diciembre de 2016. Entre los temas del boletín figuran la delegación...

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