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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    Five Blogs that Highlight Key Achievements for Informal Workers in 2017

    The global movement of informal workers – led by worker organizations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America – made major strides this...

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    Building Collective Power

    Latin American Home-based Workers Celebrate Launch of New Regional Organization

    Latin American home-based workers have taken an important step in creating a unified front to fight for their visibility and rights as workers....

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    Gender and Waste Project

    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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    Livelihoods

    Cuatro 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

    Four 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

    Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power

    By Rachel Moussié Women’s economic empowerment is a central feature of development debates today. A key focus is the economic and social...

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    Livelihoods

    Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras

    A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...

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    Livelihoods

    A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers

    The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...

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