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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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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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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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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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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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Side event for INC-2: What must the treaty text contain to deliver a just transition?

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | May 29, 2023

The Just Transition Initiative and the International Alliance of Waste Pickers invite you to an INC-2 Paris 2023 side event: What must the treaty text contain to deliver a just t...

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May Day 2023 is a time to recognize waste pickers as workers and to fight for a fair and just society for all

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Apr 29, 2023

On this International Workers’ Day, we, the waste pickers – who collect and sort recyclable materials from the waste generated by households, businesses, and industries –...

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International Waste Pickers Day 2023

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Mar 01, 2023

Today we join the world in commemorating International Waste Pickers Day by marching with waste pickers from 19 countries in Dandora (Nairobi) Kenya. We fight, we commemorate and...

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South African, Kenyan and Uruguayan government delegates along with the delegation of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers. Picture Courtesy: John O. Chweya.

Kenya And South Africa Announce Just Transition Initiative For Waste-pickers & Other Workers In The Plastic Value Chain

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Dec 02, 2022

Just Transition Initiative builds on the Group of Friends of Waste-pickers launched a day before the INC began. “Kenya would like to take this opportune moment to inform the plen...

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‘Group of Friends of Waste Pickers’ is inaugurated during the INC-1 in Uruguay.

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Nov 29, 2022

Punta del Este, Uruguay – The Group of Friends of Waste Pickers was inaugurated today, during the first international negotiations committee (INC-1). The group, which will be a p...

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Why are waste pickers’ organizations uniting worldwide?

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Oct 28, 2022

Organizations of waste pickers from around the world have been fighting for decades for the recognition of their work, their occupation, and their rights. This Saturday, October 29...

Organizing

Constitution launching congress this Saturday Oct. 29th – Register!

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Oct 24, 2022

We have been fighting for many years for the recognition of our work, our profession and our rights. Now, with the strength of hundreds of waste pickers’ organizations in 26 ...

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GlobalRec seeks meaningful participation of waste pickers in the first negotiations of Plastics Treaty in Uruguay

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Jul 15, 2022

The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers has submitted the position paper for the first intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting on plastic pollution. The submission recommends ...

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Delegation of Waste Pickers Attends the ad-hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) meeting held in Dakar, organized pursuant to United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region International | Jun 27, 2022

Globalrec’s waste picker delegation participated in several reunions, side-events, press conferences and other projects from May 29 to Jun 1, reinforcing the importance of having a waste picker delegation attending global reunions like UNEA.

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