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How One Brazilian City Used Theater and Song to Popularize Recycling – and the Poor Workers Behind It
Brazil has been a global trailblazer when it comes to integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems. But its progressive policies...
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In a Thai Cooperative, Home-based Workers Share Business Tips and Work
By Carlin CarrAt a bustling Bangkok market, vendor Aurapin Sakvichit happily greets customers interested in her wares: pink dresses, designer-style...
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The Truth about How Dakar’s Clothes Get Cleaned
By Carlin Carr & Gabriella TanvéIn Dakar, Senegal, the city’s dirty laundry doesn’t get cleaned on a spin cycle. Each day, women across...
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La vérité sur le nettoyage des vêtements à Dakar
Par Carlin Carr
À Dakar, au Sénégal, le linge sale de la ville ne se nettoie pas au cycle d’essorage.
Chaque jour, d’un bout à l’autre de...
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In Delhi, a Three-Pronged Approach Raises Informal Workers’ Priorities with Urban Decision-makers
Urban employment trends in India have defied predictions and stereotypes. Rather than being increasingly absorbed into modern, formal wage...
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Aprendiendo de las “verdaderas expertas”: entrevista con la nueva coordinadora internacional de WIEGO sobre “liderar escuchando”
En enero de 2018, la Dra. Sally Roever, exdirectora del Programa de Políticas Urbanas de WIEGO, asumió el cargo de coordinadora internacional,...
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Apprendre des « vraies expertes » ou « Diriger par l’écoute » : la nouvelle coordonnatrice internationale de WIEGO en parle
En janvier 2018, Dre Sally Roever, ancienne directrice du programme Politiques urbaines WIEGO, a pris la relève en tant que coordonnatrice...
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Learning from the ‘Real Experts’: WIEGO’s New International Coordinator on Leading by Listening
In January 2018, Dr. Sally Roever, former Urban Policies Programme Director at WIEGO, took over as International Coordinator — a title, she...
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Los aseadores de calzado no son contaminación visual
por Jenna Harvey & Tania Espinosa Sanchez
Los aseadores de calzado se han ganado la vida en las calles de la ciudad por más de un siglo....
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Mexico City’s Shoe Shiners are not “Visual Contamination:” Design Solutions for a Traditional Occupation in a Changing City
By Jenna Harvey & Tania Espinosa Sanchez
Mexico City’s shoe shiners (aseadores de calzado) have been earning a living on the city’s...
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