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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

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

Waste pickers feature in documentary about forming IAWP

Front page of the the report "Waste Pickers- The Missing Piece in India’s EPR Puzzle"

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

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

RedLacre at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Make just transition a core obligation of the plastic treaty!

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

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!

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

Dry waste centre and the basis of our livelihood have been destroyed

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

Research

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