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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

    La visibilidad importa: nuevas publicaciones enlazan género y problemas del reciclaje

    Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Trabajo y desarrollo humano: Entrevista con Nohra Padilla sobre la experiencia de los recicladores en Bogotá

    Foto: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage

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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

    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

    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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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Informal Workers in Peru Present Their Demands and Proposals to Political Parties

    More than 140 informal worker leaders from Lima and other cities in Peru gathered in November to create a common platform of demands and...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Los derechos de los recicladores y las recicladoras de Ciudad de México son reconocidos por la Comisión de Derechos Humanos

    En agosto de 2016, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal (CDHDF) publicó por primera vez una Recomendación sobre el servicio...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Mexico City’s Waste Pickers Gain Support of City’s Human Rights Commission

    In August 2016, Mexico City’s Commission on Human Rights (CDHDF) issued the first-ever recommendation on waste management service to...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Achieving decent employment for all requires improving workers’ homes and livelihoods

    WIEGO and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) are co-chairs of the Grassroots Partners Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners,...

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