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The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers
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Cinco trabajadoras en empleo informal comparten sus dificultades para acceder a los servicios de salud
Las personas pobres enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a los servicios de salud. Sin embargo, las trabajadoras y trabajadores en condiciones...
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Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services
The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.
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La visibilidad importa: nuevas publicaciones enlazan género y problemas del reciclaje
Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando
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Informal Employment and the Global Financial Crisis in a Middle-Income Country
What happens to informal employment during an economic crisis? The conventional wisdom is that the informal sector—which consists of small,...
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Visibility Matters: New Publications Bridge Gender and Waste Issues
By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando
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Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras
A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...
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A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers
The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...
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The People’s Economy and the Future of Cities
Revaben and her husband Narsingbhai sell vegetables from the sidewalk along one of eight new model roads in Ahmedabad, India. Between about...
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Ciudades inclusivas para los trabajadores en empleo informal
En la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, mucho más de la mitad de la fuerza de trabajo urbana es informal. Pero las trabajadoras y los...
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Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers
In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...
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