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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base Agosto 2012

    Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, agosto 2012  

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    RTE Maharashtra – 25% Reservation for Admission in Private Schools

    This is a story of the struggle of some parents who wanted to get their children admitted to private schools through the 25% reservation...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Pas de Frontières pour Ceux Qui Luttent, Janvier et Février 2013

    Bulletin de l’Alliance Mondiale des Récupérateurs, Janvier et Février 2013   Available in English here. Disponível em Português aqui. Disponible...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO MBO Newsletter April 2013

    WIEGO’s April 2013 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers   Read the newsletter in English.

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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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