1° de marzo: photo gallery of events in Bogotá
Algunas imágenes de nuestros eventos en este 1 de marzo 2013 en Bogotá!
GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The Global 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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Category: Events
March 1st: Message from the Latin American Network (Red Lacre)
Today is a very special day for the people that day after day get up to give their best in our struggles, each and every one of the waste pickers in the region, from different countries.
March 1st: Message from Alex Cardoso, Brazilian National Movement
Today is still very far from being the day of happiness which all human beings yearn for, but certainly, bringing to light and to memory the tragic events that happened 26 years ago makes us reflect better on where we are today.
En directo: Día mundial del reciclador 2013 #1MarRecicladores
This year, waste pickers are mobilizing in memory of March 1st and we want this day to be seen and heard in the news and by society, and to become our day… A DAY FOR WASTE PICKER...
Invitation from the National Association of Colombian Waste Pickers: Celebrate March 1st!
In the name of the National Association of Waste Pickers of Colombia, we would like to send you special greetings and blessings and a big hug.
Biffins (waste pickers) from Paris say Happy Global Waste Pickers’ Day
En esperant une bonne journée du 1er mars 2013 a tous les recuperateurs en lutte!
Wishing a happy March 1st: Global Waste Pickers’ Day to all waste pickers in the struggle!
Global Waste picker’s Day, 2013
International Waste Pickers’ Day is celebrated on March 1 in memory of the massacre in Colombia in which 11 workers were brutally killed at the Universidad Libre de Barranquill...
AIKMM’s First National Conference: December 10-11
10-11 December 2012 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Dear Friends and Supporters, Following the opening of the Indian economy in early 1990s, Indian cities have been going through monume...
Upcoming events and past events
Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) Ongoing – July, August and September, 2012 The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), which interviews and gathers information fro...
Update from Asia
This information was compiled from the Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers newsletters from May and August 2012: The Consultation of Urban Local Bodies on Integrating waste pickers i...
Update from Africa
South Africa (information about South Africa provided by Musa Chamane, groundWork) Ongoing activities After COP17, the South African Waste Pickers’ Association (SAWPA) agreed to ...
Video: Space for Wastepickers in Solid Waste Management Just Released!
Watch the video detailing activities and lessons learned at the Global Strategic Workshop of Waste Pickers held in April 2012. Share it!
Debate on the People’s Summit radio with waste pickers, street vendors, & allies: “We have to unite waste pickers and street vendors”
During the People’s Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro between June 15 and 22, Myriam Marques, with the People’s Summit Radio station, interviewed workers and allies. See t...
Protest March *Aug. 29* by Delhi Waste Collectors: Appeal from All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh (AIKMM)
Dear Supporters, As you know, the All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh (AIKMM, All India Waste Workers’ Federation) has been working for the rights of the informal sector in Delhi ...
Waste pickers at the People’s March, Rio de Janeiro
Waste pickers from the National Movement (MNCR), Uruguay, Colombia, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and India, marched together with thousands of social movements from around the world yesterday, June 20, at the People’s March.
Waste pickers participate in the People’s Summit General Assembly
em português Na Assembleia de 19 de junho sobre as “Causas Estruturais das Crises e das Injustiças Sociais e Ambientais e das Falsas Soluções”, os movimentos sociais denunc...
Threats to waste pickers (workshop notes)
Here a complete list of the threats that each wastepickers and/or organization has expressed (thanks to Federico di Maria). They are partially ordered, but more analysis is needed....