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    Livelihoods March 03, 2016

    Visibility Matters: New Publications Bridge Gender and Waste Issues

    By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando

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    Livelihoods February 29, 2016

    Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras

    A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...

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    Livelihoods February 25, 2016

    A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers

    The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...

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    Livelihoods February 17, 2016

    Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers

    In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...

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    Livelihoods February 17, 2016

    Ciudades inclusivas para los trabajadores en empleo informal

    En la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, mucho más de la mitad de la fuerza de trabajo urbana es informal. Pero las trabajadoras y los...

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    Livelihoods January 04, 2016

    Trabajadores en empleo informal en el Perú presentan sus demandas y propuestas a partidos políticos

    By Olga Abizaid

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    Livelihoods December 23, 2015

    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 December 18, 2015

    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 December 15, 2015

    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 December 09, 2015

    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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