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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Bogotá Res DG-137-07

    Law governing street vendors’ associations in Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Población recicladora en Nicaragua: Una fuerza productiva y ambiental

    WIEGO, UCA y RedNica establecen una alianza para hacer una línea de base de la situación de los miles de recicladores que existen en Nicaragua...

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  • Presentations

    A Gender Perspective on Recycling

    A presentation, made at WIEGO’s 6th General Assembly, that has been piloted in Brazil to help empower women waste pickers. RelatedWIEGO’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ley No 10674: Protección y asistencia en favor de expendedores callejeros de diarios, revistas y billetes de lotería, Perú

    Ley No 10674: Protección y asistencia en favor de expendedores callejeros de diarios, revistas y billetes de lotería, Perú

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Gender and Waste Research-Action Project Report

    Gender and Waste Research-Action Project – Brief Report Portugués

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Paola Caviedes

    This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo), Gender and Waste

    Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo) cooperative talks about her participation at the workshop on women waste pickers, some of the topics...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Mexico’s Street Vendors Go Solar

    Reuters. Roadside food vendors in Mexico’s Oaxaca are re-fitting gas-powered food stalls with solar technology. It’s all thanks to efforts...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ezequiel Estay from Chile

    In Spanish with English subtitles En español con subtítulos en inglés  

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  • Legal Instruments

    Chile Law: Ordenanza Municipal para el Comercio Estacionado y Ambulante (Santiago, Chile)

    Ordinance governing street vending in Santiago, Chile

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