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  • Dakar focus group for women street vendors Post
    Livelihoods March 08, 2019

    Working Poor Women are Redefining How to Achieve Gender Equality

    For International Women’s Day, WIEGO is launching a month-long series to dive into the lives of women working in the informal economy. We...

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  • Dakar focus group for women street vendors Post
    Building Collective Power March 08, 2019

    L’égalité des sexes : les travailleuses pauvres redéfinissent la voie à suivre

    En cette Journée internationale de la femme, WIEGO lance une série d’un mois sur la vie des femmes travailleuses de l’économie informelle....

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  • Dakar focus group for women street vendors Post
    Building Collective Power March 08, 2019

    Las mujeres pobres redefinen la forma de lograr la igualdad de género

    Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer, WIEGO va a presentar una serie de artículos durante este mes de marzo para profundizar en las...

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    Gender and Waste Project March 08, 2019

    How to Hit Women’s Economic Empowerment Targets: First ensure women can recognize their own dignity and self worth

    Valdete Roza is a Brazilian waste picker and leader in her cooperative who is pioneering gender discussions with her colleagues across her...

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  • sisterhood group Post
    Building Collective Power March 05, 2019

    Sisterhood: How Solidarity Led Indian Women to Take on Gender Discrimination

    Nazma is home-based worker who has often found herself at the mercy of the sub-contractors who employ her. But now she has joined forces...

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  • Pile of plastics Post
    Building Collective Power February 28, 2019

    New Project Explores How Waste Pickers Can Help Solve the Ocean Plastics Waste Crisis

    A Q&A with Taylor Cass Talbott It’s hard to miss the shocking images of heaping plastic floating in the middle of the world’s oceans...

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  • Indian waste pickers Post
    Livelihoods February 20, 2019

    In India, Pune’s Poorest Operate One of the World’s Most Cost-effective Waste Management Models

    A Q&A with Lakshmi Narayan As cities across the globe struggle to find efficient, cost-effective ways to manage waste, the women waste...

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    Livelihoods February 06, 2019

    Roma, galardonada y candidata a los Óscar y algunas lecturas imprescindibles sobre el trabajo del hogar

    El próximo mes, sabremos si el conmovedor retrato del director Alfonso Cuarón Orozco sobre una trabajadora del hogar en México en los años...

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  • Brazilian waste picker Post
    Exposure Dialogues February 05, 2019

    Eye Witness: WIEGO’s Brazilian Waste Expert Dispatches from India

    WIEGO’s Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP) on Law and Informality brought global experts to Ahmedabad, India, to stay two nights in the homes...

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    Livelihoods January 31, 2019

    Ciudades más inclusivas en 2019: tres pasos fundamentales

    A medida que crecen las desigualdades en muchos lugares del mundo, aumentan los desafíos para generar ciudades más inclusivas.

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