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Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America

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Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition of Law & Informality Insights – Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America – reflects on how this was achieved, using three examples that illustrate the types of claims and decisions that helped protect waste picker livelihoods in the region.

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Ossom, Aminta. Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7, , . WIEGO, 2023. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wiego-lawinformality-insights-no.7.pdfOssom, A. (2023). Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wiego-lawinformality-insights-no.7.pdfOssom, Aminta. "Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America." WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7, WIEGO, 2023, .Ossom Aminta. "Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America." WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7 (2023). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wiego-lawinformality-insights-no.7.pdfOssom, A 2023, 'Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America', WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wiego-lawinformality-insights-no.7.pdfAminta Ossom, 'Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America' (2023) WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7 Ossom A. Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7. 2023. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wiego-lawinformality-insights-no.7.pdfOssom, Aminta. Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 7. 2023. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wiego-lawinformality-insights-no.7.pdf

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