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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Madalena do MNCR fala sobre o empoderamento das mulheres catadoras

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

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Sérgio Sanchez from Argentina

    In Spanish with English subtitles En español con subtítulos en inglés   From 28-30 November 2016, informal recyclers from Brazil hosted the...

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  • Presentations

    SEWA Trade Committee Tribute to Nohra Padilla

    The SEWA Trade Committee wrote a tribute to Nohra Padilla, on her winning the Goldman Environmental Prize, 2013. The Trade Committee leaders...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Castellanos, Themis. Implementación de la Ley y Reglamento que Regula la Actividad de los Recicladores (Ley No 29419) en los gobiernos locales. Estudio de caso de la Municipalidad de San Luis y Santiago de Surco, Lima, July 2014

    Informe con dos estudios de caso sobre mejores prácticas en la instrumentación de la Ley No. 29419 y su regulación en dos localidades de...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Aziz Seck, Récupérateur à Mbeubeuss

    A profile on Senegalese waste picker, Aziz Seck. Jointly written by Adama Soumaré and Dieynaba Tandiang. Photos courtesy of Coumba Diop,...

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  • Report

    First Global Strategic Workshop of Waste Pickers: Inclusive Solid Waste Management

    This summary report details the Global Strategic Workshop in Pune, India in April, 2012, when 80 waste picker representatives from 34 cities...

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  • Report

    Primer Taller Estratégico Mundial de los Recicladores: Gestión Inclusiva de Residuos Sólidos

    Este informe es resumen del Taller Global Estratégica en Pune, India, en abril de 2012, cuando 80 representantes de recicladores de 34 ciudades...

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  • Report

    Recicladores sin Fronteras

    Reporte del Primer Congreso Mundial y Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Recicladores.   Available in English here.   Disponível em Português...

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  • Report

    Report on Waste Pickers at 2013 ILO Conference

    Since 1919, the United Nation’s International Labour Organization (commonly known as the ILO) has hosted its annual International Labour...

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  • Report

    Cities Alliance Exchange Report

    In August 2016, WIEGO and its local ally, Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (the Bogotá Waste Pickers Association or ARB), hosted a learning...

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