INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WASTE PICKERS

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
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September 10, 2013


Foto: Recicladores Bolivia.

Foto: Recicladores Bolivia.

Waste pickers’ associations from seven cities in Bolivia that participated in the second national conference, marched to demand the passage of a law that recognizes them as workers and gives them the right to social security benefits. Read the article in Correo del Sur (in Spanish). For background, here is a press release from the 1st National Meeting in 2011.