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NewsLegal Empowerment September 22, 2019Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers
On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...
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NewsSSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...
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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019La visibilidad importa: nuevas publicaciones enlazan género y problemas del reciclaje
Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando
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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019Un 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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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019In India, Pune’s Poorest Operate One of the World’s Most Cost-effective Waste Management Models
A Q&A with Lakshmi Narayan As cities across the globe struggle to find efficient, cost-effective ways to manage waste, the women waste...
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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019Visibility Matters: New Publications Bridge Gender and Waste Issues
By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando
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PostGlobal Advocacy and Negotiations September 18, 2019New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment
When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...
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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019Pope 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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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019Nuevo proyecto explora cómo los recicladores y recicladoras pueden ayudar a resolver la crisis de los residuos plásticos en los océanos
Entrevista a Taylor Cass TalbottEs difícil pasar por alto las portadas de revistas y noticieros con imágenes impactantes de montones de plásticos...
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PostLivelihoods September 18, 2019Work 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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