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  • Legal Instruments

    Modificaciones a la Ley General de Residuos Sólidos

    Decreto Legislativo No 1065, que modifica la Ley No 27314, Ley General de Residuos Sólidos

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Nohra Padilla Speaks at the ILC

    Video. Intervención en Comité Tripartita en la OIT sobre la necesidad de incluir a las cooperativas en la Recomendación sobre la transición...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Sonia Dias on Gender and Waste

    WIEGO’s Waste Pickers Sector Specialist, Sonia Dias, talks about the challenges women waste pickers face and how empowering them can...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    ARB: Fighting for an Inclusive Model for Recycling in Bogota

    The Bogotá success demonstrates that the inclusion of waste pickers within the waste management system is possible through continuous effort...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    No hay fronteras para los que luchan, junio – octubre 2015

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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Ferramenta No 3: Árvore da Autonomia

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

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  • Presentations

    Structural Integration of the Informal Sector in the Municipal Solid Waste Management in Tunisia – Expert Meeting

    A summary of this meeting is available and more information about the project is available on the Sweep-Net website.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Poliana Inacio do MNCR Brazil fala sobre o Madalena do MNCR fala sobre o empoderamento das mulheres

    Poliana Inacio, um líder no Movimento Nacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR) do Brasil fala sobre o empoderamento das mulheres.   Saiba...

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  • Project Reports

    Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

    “Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

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  • Presentations

    Formalising the Informal: Door to Door Collection at Rampir no Tekro, Vadaj, Ahmedabad

    “SEWA has organized around 49,240 waste pickers and cleaners in Ahmedabad. SEWA is constantly trying modes to inclusively link our...

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