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Bien avant que le concept d’économie verte ne soit généralisé, les récupérateurs et autres recycleurs et travailleurs de déchets dans l’économie informelle offraient un service public dont l’impact positif sur les plans économique, social et environnemental profitait à leurs collectivités. Depuis...
A blog post by Witchaya Pruecksamars about informal waste workers in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jahan-e-Kabari is a platform for sharing ideas and news about the informal recycling sector, on issues that impact informal waste recyclers- wastepickers, pheriwallas, thia walas, kabaris. Chintan is an Indian non-governmental organization that focuses on sustainable consumption as well as...
A blog post by Jason Patinkin about waste pickers in Nairobi, Kenya. To learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal City Dialogues project, click here .
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, May - June 2013 Available in English here . Disponible en español aquí . Disponible en français ici . Disponível em Português aqui .
Boletín de la Alianza Global de Recicladores, mayo-junio, 2013 Available in English here . Disponible en español aquí . Disponible en français ici . Disponível em Português aqui .
The text (English) and a recording (Spanish) of the speech by Nohra Padilla at the 2013 International Labour Conference are available on the ILO website. Nohra is a wastepicker from Colombia and was a member of the WIEGO delegation. Her speech begins on page 20/87.
This Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based organizations (MBOs) in the global South can reasonably meet these requirements and the potential investments needed to successfully secure carbon...
Abstract: This paper analysis the formation of the National Movement of Recyclable Waste Pickers (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis: MNCR) in Brazil and of its impacts on the right of cities to the homeless people. We use the categories of analysis offered by the theory of...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, March - April 2013 Available in English here . Disponível em Português aqui . Disponible en español aquí . Disponible en français ici .
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.