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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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    Building Collective Power September 09, 2019

    In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

    Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

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    Building Collective Power August 16, 2019

    New Project Explores How Waste Pickers Can Help Solve the Ocean Plastics Waste Crisis

    A Q&A with Taylor Cass Talbott It’s hard to miss the shocking images of heaping plastic floating in the middle of the world’s oceans...

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    Formalization August 16, 2019

    In Colombia, a Global Model for Inclusive Recycling is under Threat

    Without waste pickers, cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America would be buried in their own garbage. Informal recyclers have proven...

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    Building Collective Power August 16, 2019

    Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar

    In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...

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    Livelihoods August 15, 2019

    Q&A: New Project Highlights Health Risks Faced by Waste Pickers

    Waste pickers may keep cities clean, but they face hazardous conditions on the job. Their health and wellbeing is at risk on a daily basis....

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    Gender and Waste Project August 15, 2019

    How to Hit Women’s Economic Empowerment Targets: First ensure women can recognize their own dignity and self worth

    Valdete Roza is a Brazilian waste picker and leader in her cooperative who is pioneering gender discussions with her colleagues across her...

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