All posts in The Americas
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External Blog Posts/Op Eds
Out of the Shadows
A blog written by Jenna Harvey while she was a Fulbright student in 2013-2014.
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Legal Instruments
Summary of Legal Framework on Domestic Work in Peru
Summary of materials related to the legal framework for domestic workers.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...
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Presentations
El Reciclador: Un Profesional del Siglo XXI
Presentado en la Conferencia de los recicladores en Bogotá, Colombia Also available in English
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Roberto Díaz
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
40 aniversario SIVARA
Más información sobre SIVARA (inglés)
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Advocacy Materials
Las tres propuestas del tercio del empleo en Perú
This document (in Spanish), developed by informal workers’ organizations from Peru, presents a set of recommendations in three main...
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Stories/Case Studies
Towards a model framework for a local level collective bargaining system for street traders: CTCP
Case study of CTCP, (Confederación de Trabajadores por Cuenta Propia) which is affiliated to FNT (Frente Nacional de los Trabajadores). CTCP...
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Legal Instruments
Brazil Law: Lei No. 6.586 (Brazil) – Classifica o comerciante ambulante para fins trabalhistas e previdenciários
Brazilian law classifying street vendors for the purpose of labor and social security law.
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Legal Instruments
Castellanos, Themis. Implementación de la Ley y Reglamento que Regula la Actividad de los Recicladores (Ley No 29419) en los gobiernos locales. Estudio de caso de la Municipalidad de San Luis y Santiago de Surco, Lima, July 2014
Informe con dos estudios de caso sobre mejores prácticas en la instrumentación de la Ley No. 29419 y su regulación en dos localidades de...
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Advocacy Materials
Design for Shoeshiners in CDMX – Team 6
Designs prepared for Mexico City Shoe Shiner’s Union by a group of design students from Mexico City’s IberoAmerican University. ...
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