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IAWP delegation, waste pickers from Nairobi group photo at Brazilian embassy after the event on Just Transition on November 15th in Nairobi.

Plastics Treaty advances on just transition, but faces critical challenges overall

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Nov 24, 2023

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) at INC 3 A delegation of 10 waste pickers from nine countries, across five continents (Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, North and La...

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Uniting for Just Transition event. November 15th, 2023. Brazilian embassy. INC-3

Uniting for Just Transition: IAWP Outlines Vision for a Plastic Treaty

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Nov 15, 2023

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) celebrated a year of the constitution of the IAWP and presented its vision for a Just Transition for Waste Pickers under the UN P...

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Barbara Weber speaks on behalf of IAWP at the INC-3 in Nairobi

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers addresses the plenary at INC-3 on Just Transition

International Alliance of Waste Pickers Nov 14, 2023

Barbra Weber, delegate of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers and from Ground Score (USA), spoke at INC-3 in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 14th, 2023, to address the plenary:...

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Banner INC-3 IAWP participation in Nairobi, Kenya

For a Just Transition under the Plastic Treaty. IAWP at INC-3 in Nairobi

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Nov 13, 2023

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is participating in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) meeting to prepare a legal instrument to deal wi...

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Comunicado de solidaridad con Palestina de la AIR

International Alliance of Waste Pickers Nov 06, 2023

Mientras somos testigos de las tragedias que se desarrollan a nuestro alrededor, la Alianza Internacional de Recicladores expresa su apoyo inquebrantable a todas las personas que h...

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IAWP’s Statement on Palestine Solidarity

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Nov 06, 2023

As we bear witness to the unfolding tragedies around us, the International Alliance of Waste Pickers expresses its unwavering support for all individuals who have been subjected to...

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The International Alliance of Waste Pickers was featured on this documentary of Bussiness insider.

Waste pickers feature in documentary about forming IAWP

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Nov 06, 2023

International Alliance of Waste Pickers’s Acting General Secretary, Lucia Fernández has featured in an Insider Business documentary exploring the essential role waste pickers pl...

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Waste Pickers, the Missing Piece in India’s EPR Puzzle

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Asia-Pacific | Oct 26, 2023

The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has released new research into Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and the impacts it has on Indian waste pickers. Haris Najib, the...

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IAWP delegates with members of other networks (SNI, HNI, IDWF and WIEGO) at ILC 2023 in Geneve, Switzerland.

We advocate at the ILC that social justice must be at the heart of the Just Transition

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Aug 18, 2023

In June, the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) took place in Geneva, Switzerland. During the two-week session, delegates of the employers’ organizations,...

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Job Opportunity as Africa Organizing Support Assistant

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Jul 31, 2023

About the role and responsibilities The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is currently looking for an Africa based organizing support assistant to join our team and st...

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Job Opportunity as Communications Officer

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Jul 14, 2023

Extended time until August 7th, 2023! We are hiring an International Alliance of Waste Pickers Communication officer. Please share broadly. Submit before July 31st August 7th, 2023...

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Job Opportunity as Interpretation Coordinator in Asia Pacific region

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Jul 14, 2023

Extended time until August 7th, 2023! About the role and responsibilities The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is seeking a highly skilled and passionate Interpretati...

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RedLacre at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Latin America | Jul 12, 2023

WIEGO and the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Waste Pickers (RedLacre) will denounce in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the situation of the rights o...

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Day 2 of INC-2: Make Just transition a core obligation of the Plastic Treaty!

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | May 31, 2023

An Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is the space where countries discuss and decide in the plenary, in this case about the plastic pollution problem to agree on a lega...

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Protest action for lack of access to waste picker and other communities. INC-2, Paris, france. 2023

Day 1 at INC-2: Make just transition a core obligation of the treaty!

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | May 30, 2023

This is a report to summarize what the International Alliance of Waste Pickers delegation is doing at the Plastic pollution treaty negotiations at INC-2 in Paris. Get to know our a...

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