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Português By Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and a waste picker. I have worked at ASCITO, a waste picker association from the city of Itabirito—a town in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte in the south-east...
English Por Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes Sou Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. Tenho 25 anos, sou uma jovem negra e catadora de materiais recicláveis. Desde os 16 anos trabalho na ASCITO, uma associação de catadores da cidade de Itabirito, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, que fica no...
English Español Português Je m’appelle Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, j’ai 25 ans et je suis récupératrice de matériaux, une jeune femme noire. Je travaille, et ce , depuis l’âge de 16 ans, au sein de l’ASCITO, une association de récupératrices et de récupérateurs de matériaux, établie à Itabirito...
English Français Português Mi nombre es Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. Tengo 25 años y soy una joven negra y recicladora. He trabajado en ASCITO, una asociación de personas recicladoras de la ciudad de Itabirito —ubicada en la región metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, en el sudeste de Brasil— desde...
English Español Français Sou Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. Tenho 25 anos, sou uma jovem negra e catadora de materiais recicláveis. Desde os 16 anos trabalho na ASCITO, uma associação de catadores da cidade de Itabirito, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, que fica no sudeste do Brasil. O...
Português Introduction CataSaúde Viraliza is an online capacity building project for waste pickers (organized and autonomous) in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is financed by the Open Society Foundation and WIEGO. The project was codesigned and is being implemented by partners...
English Introdução O CataSaúde Viraliza é um projeto de capacitação online de catadores e catadoras (sócio cooperados e autônomos) brasileiros, durante a pandemia da COVID-19. O projeto é financiado através da linha de apoio OSF-WIEGO. O projeto foi desenhado e implementado conjuntamente com equipes...
For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage spaces for groups of workers who work mainly outside the home, including street vendors and waste pickers, as well as carpenters and masons. The homes-cum...
Coura Ndiaye – or “Mother Coura” as people call her out of respect for her age and the number of years she has worked as a waste picker – is an honorary leader among waste pickers in the Mbeubeuss dumpsite, located 30 kilometres away from Dakar. Since 2000, Coura has been a member, and then leader...
A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste pickers face and their needs.
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.