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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Kabir Khan Discusses Waste Picker Inclusion Policies in Bangalore

    Kabir Khan of Hasiru Dala discusses waste picker inclusion policies and issues in Bangalore at the Expert Group Meeting on the Informal Economy...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM noviembre 2016

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), diciembre 2015 Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Plastic Waste Management and Handling Amendment Rules, 2011

    This document contains the rules for the management and handing of plastic waste.

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  • Presentations

    Cooperation among workers in the informal economy

    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...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Waste Picker Perceptions on and Health Risks: Perspectives from the Ground

    Keynote presentation by Ana Carolina Ogando, research associate in the Urban Policies programme of the global network “Women in Informal...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    SEWA Academy website

    SEWA Academy is the focal point for all of SEWA’s training, capacity building, research and communication efforts. SEWA Academy functions...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

    An Indian non-governmental organization, which focuses on sustainable consumption as well as environmental and social equity.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Os Catadores

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

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    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...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    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....

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