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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Ordenanza Municipal para el Comercio Estacionado y Ambulante

    Ordinance governing street vending in Santiago, Chile

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Global Waste Pickers’ Day: One day of celebration, 364 days of struggle!

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers notes that “To celebrate Global Waste Pickers’ Day, we have compiled highlights from Struggles and...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    WIEGO Network Platform: Transitioning from the Informal to the Formal Economy in the Interests of Workers in the Informal Economy

    The platform sets out common core needs and demands for informal workers around organizing/labour rights, voice and bargaining power, legal...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Caracterización Socioeconómica y de Salud de Personas Recicladoras (Forma Completa)

    Este documento ofrece una caracterización de las condiciones socioeconómicas y de salud de los recicladores de base en los principales vertederos...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Não Há Fronteiras para Aqueles que Lutam! Agosto-Setembro de 2014

    Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, Agosto-Setembro de 2014 Leia o boletim em Português. Lire le bulletin en français. Read the newsletter...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Gender and Environmental Change Workshop

    Sonia Maria Dias, Sector Specialist for Women in Informal Employment, Globalising and Organising (WIEGO), is interviewed after the Gender...

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  • Databases

    Waste Pickers Around the World Database

    The WAW database is the sum of several existing databases with information about waste picker organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America....

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ley No. 29419

    Ley que regula la actividad de los Recicladores en Perú

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Women’s Stories: Madalena Duarte

    This is a message of support to women waste pickers in South Africa from Madalena Duarte, a waste picker leader from MNCR (Movimento Nacional...

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  • Stories / Case Studies

    Implementación de la Ley y Reglamento que Regula la Actividad de los Recicladores en los Gobiernos Locales

    Informe con dos estudios de caso sobre mejores prácticas en la instrumentación de la Ley No. 29419 y su regulación en dos localidades de...

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