The Americas

Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of Massachusetts, with links to multilingual resource pages.

Peru OHS Coordination

OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos

Recicla Ourinhos é uma cooperativa onde um número 80 de membros é contratado pelo município para fornecer serviços de coleta, avaliação,...

Nohra Padilla: 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, Colombia

Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste...

VIDEO: Federico Parra (Colombia) – Recognition of the ‘Recicladores’ as Public Managers of Waste in Colombia

The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

WIEGO’s Focal Cities Work in Lima

Implementing several of WIEGO’s initiatives in two cities – Lima, capital of Peru, in South America, and Accra, capital of Ghana,...

Resolución de Superintendencia No 245-2008/SUNAT: Facilitan la declaración y/o pago de las contribuciones a la seguridad social de los empleadores de trabajadores del hogar.

Summary of Legal Framework on Street Vendors in Peru

Summary of materials related to the legal framework for street vendors.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...

Reglamento de la Ley No. 29419

Ley que regula las actividades de los recicladores D.S. 005-2010 MINAM; aspectos técnicos del reciclaje de los residuos sólidos.

VIDEO: Women’s Stories: Madalena Duarte

This is a message of support to women waste pickers in South Africa from Madalena Duarte, a waste picker leader from MNCR (Movimento Nacional...