Women's Leadership

Construindo a cidadania: avanços e limites do Projeto de Coleta Seletiva em parceria com a ASMARE

WIEGO, its work on waste-pickers and the first World Encounter of Waste-pickers in Colombia, 2008

Overview of Legal Framework for Social Inclusion in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

Raccoglitori di Residui; Una panoramica globale sul primo anello del circuito del riciclaggio (Waste pickers: a global view on the first step of the recycling chain)CWG-Reorient- Retos al Sur

Political Platform for the Rights of Domestic Workers in Mexico

This  Political  Platform  was  developed  during  the  1st Regional Exchange of Experiences of Women Domestic Workers: Convention 189 and...

Proposals and demands of workers in informal employment for the new government of Mexico City

This Platform contains a list of proposals and demands to move towards guaranteeing the rights of informal workers.  This document can also...

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...

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...