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  • Journal Articles

    Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine

    Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...

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  • Research Reports

    Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sul)

    Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNordesteNorteSudeste ...

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  • Research Reports

    Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil

    Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....

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  • Presentations

    OHS Initiative for Informal Workers – The Case Study of Brazil

    OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos

    A partir do site da Centro Gaspar Garcia: O Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos é uma organização ecumênica, não governamental (ONG),...

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  • Presentations

    Mulheres Catadoras

    Presentation (Portuguese) on the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ivaneide Souza on Coaching

    WIEGO’s Sonia Dias and Ivaneide Souza, of Redesol, discuss the importance of coaching for informal workers, especially women.  In Portuguese...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Home-Based Workers Regional Meeting, Latin America

    A compilation of laws and policies protecting home-based workers (wage-employed and self-employed), the document was prepared over five years...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Os Catadores

    Vídeo emPortuguês/Inglês cooperativa de Arujá (Catasampa)English / Portuguese vídeo about a coop in Arujá (Catasampa network)Link: http://vimeo.com/2354118Os...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

    O Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR) é um movimento social que há cerca de 10 anos vem organizando os catadores...

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