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    Livelihoods January 16, 2017

    Strategies for Successful Collective Negotiations

    Informal worker organizations need solidarity, clarity and accountability to record bargaining wins It might be surprising to learn that...

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    Livelihoods January 05, 2017

    Technology at the bottom of the economic pyramid: What’s inhibiting uptake by informal workers?

    By Kendra Hughes

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    Livelihoods December 14, 2016

    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 December 07, 2016

    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 October 28, 2016

    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 August 31, 2016

    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 August 29, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods July 21, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods July 21, 2016

    ¿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 April 12, 2016

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

    Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando

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