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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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    Reporte de síntesis y aprendizajes del intercambio de la Alianza de las Ciudades

    En agosto de 2016, WIEGO junto a su aliado local, la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá, organizó un intercambio de aprendizajes en Bogotá,...

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    Projeto Cuidar – Mapeamento de Riscos de Saúde de Catadores/as

    Este relatório apresenta um resumo dos resultados do Projeto Cuidar , uma iniciativa conjunta do Programa de Proteção Social e Programa de...

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    WIEGO Photo News Report – Ergonomics Workshop with Waste Pickers from Redesol, Cataunidos and Catavales

    An ergonomics workshop was held with 39 waste pickers from 17 Brazilian cooperatives.This workshop was led by certified physical therapist,...

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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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