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  • Stories/Case Studies

    “Women are always the strongest”

    Paola Caviedes Martinez is a single mom concerned with children’s rights, raising children without male role models and the psychological...

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  • Presentations
  • 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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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Laura de RENAREC habla de la importancia de organizarse para lograr el reconocimiento

    Laura Guanoluisa de la Red Nacional de Recicladores de Ecuador (RENAREC) habla de la importancia de los uniformes de los recicladores, el...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Samuel Le Coeur from AMELIOR Association in France

    From 28-30 November 2016, informal recyclers from Brazil hosted the international event, Expocatadores, in which they invited Latin American...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Colombia Law: Bogotá (Colombia) Res DG-137-07

    Law governing street vendors’ associations in Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Right to the City and Privatization

    The privatization of waste management and introduction of municipal policies which restrict access to waste can have a negative impact on...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Minas Gerais: Waste Picker Health & Safety

    An exploratory health risk mapping in five waste picker cooperatives in Brazil considers waste pickers’ work routines and workplace...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Artículo No. 2 de la Constitución Política del Perú en referencia al derecho laboral

    Artículo No. 2 de la Constitución Política del Perú en referencia al derecho laboral

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