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Livelihoods March 13, 2017‘It’s a Win-Win:’ How a Street Vendor Leader Used Recommendation 204 to Change Policy in Costa Rica
By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of...
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Gender and Waste Project March 07, 2017Photo Essay: Inside Efforts to Strengthen Leadership among Women Waste Pickers
WIEGO’s Organizing and Representation Programme and Urban Policies Programme works with waste picker organizations in South Africa and Brazil...
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Livelihoods March 06, 2017Towards a Transformative Agenda for Women’s Economic Empowerment
By Jenna Harvey There is a growing global consensus that advancing women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is critical both as a matter of human...
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Livelihoods March 02, 2017Nuestro trabajo es un servicio público: Recicladores en Bogotá
Los recicladores de Bogotá en cabeza de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) han hecho historia desde 2011 al lograr que la Corte...
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Livelihoods March 01, 2017La protection des travailleuses et des travailleurs à domicile dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales : évaluation de l’approche fondée sur les droits
Depuis l’effondrement tragique des bâtiments du Rana Plaza au Bangladesh en 2013, les manquements au travail décent dans les chaînes...
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Livelihoods February 28, 2017Four strategies to integrate waste pickers into future cities
On International Waste Picker Day, WIEGO’s Sonia Dias tells us what works and the challenges ahead In recent years, waste pickers have made...
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Livelihoods February 28, 2017Cuatro estrategias para integrar a los recicladores y recicladoras en las ciudades del futuro
En el Día Internacional de los Recicladores y Recicladoras, Sonia Dias, de WIEGO, nos relata las experiencias que han funcionado y los retos...
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Livelihoods February 16, 2017Can informal employment actually reduce poverty?
Findings from South Africa suggest that supporting informal employment could help countries reach development goals by Mike Rogan &...
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Livelihoods February 13, 2017Protecting Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: Evaluating The Rights-Based Approach
Since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza buildings in Bangladesh in 2013, the decent work deficits in global supply chains have enjoyed...
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Livelihoods February 13, 2017Protección de los y las trabajadoras a domicilio tercerizadas en las cadenas mundiales de suministro: evaluación del enfoque centrado en los derechos
Desde el trágico colapso, en 2013, de los edificios del Rana Plaza en Bangladés, las deficiencias en el respeto de los derechos fundamentales...
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