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    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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    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 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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    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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  • Street vendor protest Post
    Building Collective Power September 10, 2019

    In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

    Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

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  • Street vendor protest Post
    Building Collective Power September 10, 2019

    En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique

    Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...

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  • Luz Elena Ramos Terrones is a newspaper vender or ‘Canillita’ in Lima, Peru

    WIEGO MBO Newsletter

    Our MBO (Membership-based Organization) Newsletter series has been revived, with a new format featuring shorter and more focused stories. ...

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  • Waste picker at work in Bogota. Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage Page

    Urban informal workers and the green economy

    Workers in the informal economy are playing an important role in climate change mitigation. Further, they usually leave a smaller carbon...

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  • Informational Article

    Rethinking Formalization

    The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,...

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  • Project

    Waste & Gender: Rethinking Relations for Empowerment

    Little research exists about gender relations and divisions among waste pickers. A collaborative in Latin America has shed light on the multiple...

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