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  • Meenaben at work in her home Project

    Home as Workplace

    For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage...

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    Waste Pickers and Human Rights

    ILO estimates indicate that close to 20 million people worldwide earn their living from recycling waste. Many work as waste pickers who gather...

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  • Los Rafidos campaign for waste pickers in Mexico City Project

    Los Rifados de la Basura Campaign 

    In Mexico City, thousands of people work daily keeping the city clean, collecting waste from residents and recycling reusable materials....

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  • Members of Bokk Diom and local fisherfolk cleaning a beach together in Dakar. Project

    Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling

    The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...

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    Habitat III

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    Inclusive Cities Project

    WIEGO coordinated this multi-country project (2008-14) involving nine primary partners with activities in Asia, Africa and Latin America....

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  • Street vendor in Bangkok greets a customer. Photo: P. Wedel Project

    Public Space for All

    Public space is a public good for all city residents to access and enjoy–for leisure, transportation or to earn a livelihood. However,...

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