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Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste production threatens public and environmental health. Reuse and recycling are widely recognized to provide broad environmental benefits. Although most...
"The ever rising mounts of trash that Beijing produces and disposes of as far away from the city as possible will sooner or later pose a problem that authorities won’t be able to ignore." Student papers posted on WIEGO's website have not been commissioned, vetted or otherwise approved by WIEGO. They...
Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award , is interviewed by Cities Alliance, during COP21 in Paris, France. In Spanish with subtitles in English.
em português ABSTRACTS: English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in a cooperative of women of recyclable materials in São Paulo. 2016, 152. Master thesis (Master in Environmental Science) - Environmental Science Graduate Programme -...
Foto: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage El Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2015, la publicación insignia del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo (PNUD) y cuya versión en español será publicada en febrero, analiza la relación entre el trabajo y el desarrollo humano. El informe...
This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory participatory research action project with women waste pickers in Minas Gerais, Brazil, it reflects on the different forms of oppression experienced by women...
Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report , the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication, revisits the relationship between work and human development. The report argues that work can act as a catalyst of human development, among other...
By Tania Espinosa Sánchez Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position as head of the Catholic Church. Yet the leader’s focus is not new; he has been working to bring more dignity to the lives of the world’s invisible workers...
Por Tania Espinosa Sánchez Basureando El papa Francisco ha hecho del medio ambiente y los pobres una prioridad máxima desde que asumió su influentísimo puesto como cabeza de la Iglesia Católica. Pero, este enfoque no es nuevo; lleva muchos años trabajando para traer mayor dignidad a los trabajadores...
Intervención de Nohra Padilla, Directora de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB), en un panel organizado por la Embajada de Brasil en Francia de forma paralela a la COP21 en París. En ella, Nohra discute la experiencia de la lucha en Colombia para el reconocimiento de los derechos de los...
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.