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Livelihoods February 28, 2017Four 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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Livelihoods December 21, 2016‘You don’t need Facebook to tell you how to pick waste’
Technology and innovation at the base of the economic pyramid Nisha is nineteen years old and spends her days hunched over a small board...
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Livelihoods December 14, 2016Los 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, 2016Mexico 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 July 21, 2016Inclusive 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 June 17, 2016Gender-Just Cities and the New Urban Agenda
By Ana Carolina Ogando Madalena Duarte is a strong woman leader. She is also a waste picker in her hometown of Itaúna, Brazil – work she...
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Livelihoods June 17, 2016Ciudades con equidad de género y la Nueva Agenda Urbana
Madalena Duarte es una líder fuerte. También es una recicladora en su ciudad natal de Itaúna, Brasil –un trabajo que lleva realizando muchos...
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Livelihoods April 12, 2016La visibilidad importa: nuevas publicaciones enlazan género y problemas del reciclaje
Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando
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Livelihoods March 03, 2016Visibility Matters: New Publications Bridge Gender and Waste Issues
By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando
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