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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

    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

    Reportaje fotográfico: Esfuerzos internos para fortalecer el liderazgo entre las mujeres recicladoras

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Who really cares about our Earth? Neglecting waste pickers’ contributions, promoting huge business profits.

    Things are not easy for those protecting the Earth.

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    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

    ¿Nos importa realmente nuestra Tierra? Se descuidan las contribuciones de las recicladoras y los recicladores, y se fomentan enormes lucros empresariales.

    por Lucía Fernández

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    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 September 12, 2019

    Audio: How Bangalore’s itinerant waste pickers transformed into “robust entrepreneurs”

    WIEGO has a unique organizational structure — we are a network of membership-based organizations, researchers, and practitioners, all working...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    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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