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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    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 September 12, 2019

    Los aseadores de calzado no son contaminación visual

    por Jenna Harvey & Tania Espinosa Sanchez Los aseadores de calzado se han ganado la vida en las calles de la ciudad por más de un siglo....

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    From Mozambique to Mexico, Domestic Workers are Fighting for their Rights — and Telling their Stories

    Domestic workers — those who cook, clean, sweep, and child-mind in private homes across the globe — face unusually challenging circumstances...

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    Gender and Waste Project September 12, 2019

    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 September 12, 2019

    Across Peru, Municipalities are “Upgrading” Street Vendors to Roofed Markets. Is it Really Improving Conditions?

    Municipalities across Peru have been employing a strategy to improve conditions for street vendors: support their movement from sellers on...

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    Climate Change and Just Transition September 12, 2019

    Planeta Verde: The Colombian Cooperative Revolutionizing Waste Picking

    In celebration of International Cooperatives Day, we speak with Martha Elena Iglesias, a waste picker and the leader of Planeta Verde, a...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    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 September 12, 2019

    From Lima to Bangkok, WIEGO Lays Out Strategy to Improve Conditions of Informal Workers in Six Target Cities

    By Jenna Harvey It is morning rush hour in Bangkok and moto-taxi drivers ferry hurried commuters through stalled traffic. In Mexico City,...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’économie informelle font marcher les villes pour tous : Thaïlande, Inde et Colombie, 3 comptes rendus éclairants

    Valeria Gelman et Jillian Du Pensez aux stands de nourriture délicieuse en Asie du Sud-Est, aux artistes de rue en Afrique, au conducteur...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    ‘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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