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This is a report from SEWA on their exposure visit to Brazil.
A Gestão Antiperspirante: Rumo à pobreza inodora, incolor e insípida Para Luciana Itikawa Antiperspirante é a substância que inibe a saída de suor quando aplicada topicamente. De uma maneira simplificada, o antiperspirante impede que o suor surja na pele e se encontre com as bactérias que estão ali...
Welcome to the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management (PSWM) website, a knowledge-hub for innovative projects dedicated to more sustainable lifestyles suited to the needs and wants of current and future generations. PSWM presents a viable option to make better use of the world’s resources. This...
"This is a law document. This law establishes the Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste; it amends the Law no. 9,605, February 12, 1998; and gives other matters. "The millions of people worldwide who make a living collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that someone else has thrown...
Recyclable materials pickers have been sorting through garbage and transforming it into usable commodities for a long time in many places across the globe.
Mais de 300 pessoas, entre catadores de materiais recicláveis e apoiadores da causa, participaram do Flah Mob Reciclagem Popular que aconteceu na noite do dia 8 de Abril de 2014 na Praça Sete, coração de Belo Horizonte. A intervenção foi uma das ações que marcou o lançamento da Campanha Nacional da...
Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.
Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges" is an initial study of co-operatives and their relationships to informal workers. It examines case studies from Brazil and India and provides an overview of the relationships between co-operatives and informal workers’...
Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.
A blog post by WIEGO's Urban Research Director, Sally Roever.
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.