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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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Toolkits and Guides
Não Há Fronteiras para Aqueles que Lutam! Agosto-Setembro de 2014
Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, Agosto-Setembro de 2014 Leia o boletim em Português. Lire le bulletin en français. Read the newsletter...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Gender and Environmental Change Workshop
Sonia Maria Dias, Sector Specialist for Women in Informal Employment, Globalising and Organising (WIEGO), is interviewed after the Gender...
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Databases
Waste Pickers Around the World Database
The WAW database is the sum of several existing databases with information about waste picker organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America....
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Legal Instruments
Ley No. 29419
Ley que regula la actividad de los Recicladores en Perú
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