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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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  • Advocacy Materials

    Panorama de la situación de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México: Recomendaciones para una ciudad más inclusiva

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Our Work is Honest Work

    This video profiles a domestic worker and organizer in the U.S. who talks about the pride she has for her work, her family and her dreams....

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Empowering Women at the Bottom of the Pyramid

    At Harvard’s annual India Conference on February 6, 2016, Renana Jhabvala, National Coordinator of SEWA and chair of the WIEGO Board, was...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ordinance Pertaining to the Regulation of Food Trucks in the City of Brookings

    This document outlines the ordinacnes that pertain to the regulation of food trucks.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Toronto Municipal Code, Streets and Sidewalks

    This document contains the municipal codes that govern tbe use of sidewalks in Toronto, and includes codes on vending on sidewalks.

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  • Report

    Waste Pickers Without Frontiers

    Report of Conference Proceedings on the First International and Third Latin American Conference of Waste-Pickers Disponible en español aquí.Disponível...

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  • Report

    Cities Alliance Exchange Report

    In August 2016, WIEGO and its local ally, Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (the Bogotá Waste Pickers Association or ARB), hosted a learning...

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  • Report

    Reporte de síntesis y aprendizajes del intercambio de la Alianza de las Ciudades

    En agosto de 2016, WIEGO junto a su aliado local, la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá, organizó un intercambio de aprendizajes en Bogotá,...

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