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    Livelihoods March 28, 2017

    Strategies for Addressing Social and Legal Barriers for Mexican Domestic Workers

    First step includes launch of new social security policy platformDomestic workers face many challenges in their fight for better working...

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    Livelihoods March 15, 2017

    Ganamos todos: Cómo una representante de vendedores ambulantes usó la Recomendación 204 como herramienta para cambiar las políticas en Costa Rica

    Por Jenna Harvey En julio de 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, una líder de vendedores ambulantes de San José, Costa Rica, estuvo junto al presidente...

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    Livelihoods March 13, 2017

    ‘It’s a Win-Win:’ How a Street Vendor Leader Used Recommendation 204 to Change Policy in Costa Rica

    By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of...

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    Gender and Waste Project March 07, 2017

    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 March 06, 2017

    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 March 02, 2017

    Nuestro trabajo es un servicio público: Recicladores en Bogotá

    Los recicladores de Bogotá en cabeza de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) han hecho historia desde 2011 al lograr que la Corte...

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    Livelihoods March 01, 2017

    La protection des travailleuses et des travailleurs à domicile dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales : évaluation de l’approche fondée sur les droits

    Depuis l’effondrement tragique des bâtiments du Rana Plaza au Bangladesh en 2013, les manquements au travail décent dans les chaînes...

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    Livelihoods February 28, 2017

    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 February 28, 2017

    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 February 16, 2017

    Can informal employment actually reduce poverty?

    Findings from South Africa suggest that supporting informal employment could help countries reach development goals by Mike Rogan &...

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