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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Just Recycling: Changing Minds about Waste Pickers

    Since 2007, WIEGO has worked with waste picker groups around the world that organize and represent people who support themselves by selling...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Reciclaje justo: Cambiando las actitudes hacia los recicladores y las recicladoras

    Por Melanie Sampson Desde 2007, WIEGO ha trabajado con grupos de recicladores y recicladoras alrededor del mundo que organizan y representan...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Pope Francis, the environment, and waste pickers

    By Tania Espinosa Sánchez Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    “Be Safe With Us”: How Durban Market Traders Collaborated with Officials to Improve Workplace Safety

    By Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Commemorating 20 Years of Landmark Convention for Homeworkers

    Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    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 September 18, 2019

    Inclusive Growth and the Informal Economy

    There is a growing consensus in the international community that economic growth needs to be inclusive: that it needs to be broad-based and...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Growing a Dream: The Vaal Park Recycling Centre

    The sign at the entrance to the Vaal Park Recycling Centre in South Africa bears 23 logos, each representing a public or private partner...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Work and Human Development: A Q&A with Nohra Padilla on the Experience of Waste Pickers in Bogota

    Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report, the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication,...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Inclusive recycling with waste pickers in Medellin?

    By Federico Parra & Olga Abizaid Medellin has recently been touted as a poster city for urban development. In recent years, the city...

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