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Project Reports
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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Building Collective Power September 10, 2019En 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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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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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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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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Rethinking Formalization
The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,...
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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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Gender and Waste
A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste...
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Informal Workers and the Law
WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers....
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