Gender and Waste Project

Informação e trabalho: uma leitura sobre os catadores de material reciclável a partir das bases públicas de dados

New Practices of Waste Management – Case of Mumbai

Working Paper No. 35 in the SP Working Paper Series of School of Planning of CEPT University

A Beijing Recycler’s Life

This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....

Catadoras and Catadores: Working in recycling cooperatives

Production: André Carrieri and Jutta Gutberlet The video lasts 27 minutes and describes the work of organized recyclers (catadores) pervading...

Photo Essay: Inside Efforts to Strengthen Leadership among Women Waste Pickers

WIEGO’s Organizing and Representation Programme and Urban Policies Programme works with waste picker organizations in South Africa and Brazil...

Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar

In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...

How to Hit Women’s Economic Empowerment Targets: First ensure women can recognize their own dignity and self worth

Valdete Roza is a Brazilian waste picker and leader in her cooperative who is pioneering gender discussions with her colleagues across her...

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...

Gender and Waste

A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste...

Waste Pickers

Waste pickers and COVID-19 Statistics on Waste Pickers Driving Forces & Working Conditions Policies & Programmes Organization...