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Se presenta el contenido de esta orden de la Corte Constitucional y las implicaciones que tiene para la población recicladora en Colombia a través de las preguntas de un reciclador a dos importantes autoridades del distrito.
Video describing the ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, C189, in Bolivia, April 2013. This video is in Spanish with English subtitles.
Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia's marginalized waste pickers to make recycling a legitimate part of waste management.
Acceptance speech by Nohra Padilla, who won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Bogota's marginalized waste pickers to make recycling a legitimate part of Colombia's waste management. The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest prize for grassroots environmentalists. Each...
In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional court´s Order 275 and the implications it has for waste pickers in Colombia. Video is in Spanish. Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion is a series of audiovisual...
From the documentary's website: "They are New York City’s gleaners – struggling at the edge of our society. You see them on almost every street corner in America’s richest city – thousands of jobless New Yorkers combing through the garbage, scooping through the slime. The prize they pursue are empty...
The Rockefeller Foundation is undergoing a major initiative on the informal economy. Click here to view a series of videos produced through their efforts in Accra.
Developed by KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation, a non-profit organization working on ending violence against women, "Domestic Work in Lebanon" is a video providing information and advice to the domestic workers who are going to Lebanon. The video is available in five languages: Nepali, Malagasy...
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.