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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    ¿Reciclaje inclusivo con recicladoras y recicladores en Medellín?

    Por Federico Parra y Olga Abizaid Recientemente, Medellín ha sido alabada como una ciudad modelo en materia de desarrollo urbano. En  los...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Domestic workers in Johannesburg: Hidden, vulnerable and essential

    By Leslie VryenhoekDomestic workers represent a vast, hidden and essential workforce whose efforts inside private homes allow their employers...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Five Case Studies that Illustrate Steps Toward an Inclusive City

    Creating “inclusive cities” is a hot topic right now. Habitat III has just wound up in Quito, Ecuador – the UN’s urban conference that brought...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Informal Workers’ Access to Health Services

    Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers

    In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    El papa Francisco, el medio ambiente y los pepenadores

    Por Tania Espinosa Sánchez Basureando El papa Francisco ha hecho del medio ambiente y los pobres una prioridad máxima desde que asumió su...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Implementing the New Urban Agenda

    How Local and National Governments  Can Support the Urban Informal Economy More than 50 per cent of the urban work force in most developing...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Towards 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 September 18, 2019

    A Union for All: Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini market vendors join hands with formal workers in model solidarity

    By Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment

    2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...

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