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    Failing the Grade: How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade

    Indian policies and rules, while not perfect, have some important safeguards and recognition for informal sector recyclers, particularly...

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    Waste Pickers Lead the Way to Zero Waste

    This is a case study, published by GAIA, about waste pickers in Pune, India.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    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....

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    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...

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    Gender and Waste Project September 12, 2019

    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...

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    Building Collective Power August 16, 2019

    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...

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    Gender and Waste Project August 15, 2019

    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...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. 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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    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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  • Una mujer separa residuos en un relleno sanitario en Accra, Ghana Page

    Waste Pickers

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

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