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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Recommandations sur la prévention de la maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19) chez les travailleuses et travailleurs du secteur des déchets solides

    Ce document fournit  des lignes directrices sur la manière dont les récupératrices et récupérateurs doivent se protéger contre l’exposition...

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  • waste pickers Toolkits and Guides

    Recommendations for the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) among solid waste workers

    Specific guidelines for waste pickers and their organizations on how to protect against exposure to COVID-19 while collecting and sorting...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

    Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...

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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection

    In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...

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  • Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Five Blogs that Highlight Key Achievements for Informal Workers in 2017

    The global movement of informal workers – led by worker organizations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America – made major strides this...

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  • Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power

    By Rachel Moussié Women’s economic empowerment is a central feature of development debates today. A key focus is the economic and social...

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  • Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers

    The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...

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  • Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras

    A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...

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  • Research Reports

    Reconceptualizing the urban “informal sector” in underdeveloped countries: An overview of the Brazilian, Indian and South African cases

    Paper written for GLU Conference, Mumbai, 22-24 February 2009

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  • Journal Articles

    Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

    Abstract:

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