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  • Presentations

    Mujeres Recicladoras

    Spanish language toolkit from the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Waste pickers of Brazil unite

    In Ourinhos, Brazil, waste pickers got organised, got out of the informal economy and, in the process, managed to secure a better standard...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Pablo Schamber

    This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...

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  • Presentations

    Informal Recyclers in Europe: Status and Report of a Consultation

    Research co-financed by WIEGO, Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Forneça um serviço melhor, o resto se seguirá

    SWaCH PCMC levam os catadores de materiais recicláveis ao objetivo final. Also available in English.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Gender and Waste Recycling: Project Design, Tools and Recommendations

    This is Book 2 in a series, “From Theory to Action: Gender and Waste Recycling: A Toolkit for Teachers, Researchers and Practitioners.”  ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Ejercicio 4: Discutiendo los roles de género

    Género y reciclaje: De la teoría a la acción Un manual para profesores, investigadores y profesionales 

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Não Há Fronteiras para Aqueles que Lutam! Dezembro 2015-Abril 2016

    Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, Dezembro 2015-Abril 2016   Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín en español.   Leia o boletim...

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    globalrec

    There is good news for waste pickers. The lakhs of nondescript women with a waste-bag hung over their shoulders, collecting garbage from...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The Green Force

    Problems of Urban waste management and sustainable livelihood to waste-pickers through formal employment are like conjoined twins. Hasiru...

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