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    Le théâtre et la chanson au service du recyclage : comment une ville brésilienne s’est y prise pour rendre populaire le recyclage et les travailleurs pauvres qui le réalisent

    Par Carlin Carr

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    Cómo una ciudad de Brasil ha utilizado el teatro y la canción para popularizar el reciclaje, y a los trabajadores y trabajadoras pobres que lo realizan

    Por Carlin Carr

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    Local Governments Should Prioritize Health and Safety for Informal Workers

    The deadly factory fire at Rana Plaza five years ago this week sparked global outrage about workers’ safety. The incident in Bangladesh prompted...

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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