Gender and Waste
A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste...
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Waste pickers and COVID-19 Statistics on Waste Pickers Driving Forces & Working Conditions Policies & Programmes Organization...
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Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar
In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...
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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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Photo 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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