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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

    Ley No. 29419 que regula la actividad de los recicladores

    Texto de la Ley No. 29419 que regula la actividad de los recicladores en Perú. Vea también el Reglamento de la Ley No. 29429 que regula la...

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  • Toolkits and Guides
  • Legal Instruments

    Oregon Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

    This Bill of Rights relates to the employment of domestic workers and creating new provisions in relation to this in the State of Oregon ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT), Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Bahia

    The Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT) forms part of the Federal University of Bahia’s Institute of Collective Health, which...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues

    According to the website, “the Informal City Dialogues is a year-long project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    ILO Fact Sheet on Domestic Workers’ Rights in Brazil

    Fact sheet on domestic workers rights’ under Brazil’s domestic workers’ law

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Genre et Déchets: Repenser les Relations vers L’autonomisation

    Les méthodes participatives sont essentielles pour explorer les nombreuses facettes de la soumission et de la discrimination que connaissent...

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