🇧🇷✨ At the IAWP African Regional Meeting, H.E. Mariana Madeira, Ambassador of Brazil to Ghana, and Deputy Head of Mission Alexandre de Pádua Ramos Souto, celebrated Brazil’s Independence Week by honoring waste pickers’ fight for the environment. 🌍♻️ #IAWP #WastePickers

🌍✨ At the African Regional Meeting, Amadou Mbodj of Fundación Avina highlighted waste pickers’ vital role in inclusive recycling & shared Avina’s commitment to strengthening leadership, resilience & recognition across Africa. 🙌♻️ #WastePickers #IAWP

Before a crowd of Indigenous Peoples, waste pickers, unionized workers, environmental defenders & activists, John Chweya — IAWP delegate — sent a clear message: we cannot accept a Global Plastics Treaty that leaves vulnerable communities behind. 🌍✊

#WastePickers #ClimateJustice #JustTransition

We are waste pickers — not by chance, but by choice. ✊♻️ This name carries our work, our history, and 50 years of organizing for recognition and justice.

Led by Maditlhare Koena, Treasurer of the IAWP, we call on governments everywhere: respect our name, respect our struggle.