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A virtuous circle: Integrating waste pickers into solid waste management
Photo: Global Environment Facility/Flickr Waste – its generation, collection, and disposal – is a major global challenge of the 21st century. Recycling waste drives environmental sustainability by...
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Um círculo virtuoso: a integração de catadores na gestão de resíduos sólidos
Foto: Global Environment Facility/Flickr Lixo - sua geração, coleta e disposição - é um grande desafio mundial do século 21. A reciclagem de resíduos impulsiona a sustentabilidade ambiental, reduzindo...
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“We love our daughters. But we need a son.”
This refrain captures the common sentiment in Armenia, and is at the heart of the growing issue of sex imbalances in the country. Armenia today has one of the most imbalanced sex ratios at birth in...
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The future of wildlife is in our hands
On March 3rd we will celebrate World Wildlife Day. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2013, this day raises awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora. This year’s theme, "The future of wildlife...
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How urban, land, disaster response, and social specialists support both...
About this seriesMore blog posts Every year, conflict and natural disasters force millions to flee their homes and seek refuge elsewhere, either within or beyond the borders of their country. While...
View ArticleThis International Women’s Day, three women who inspire me
March 8 is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “Empowering Women — Empowering Humanity: Picture It!" The United Nations is encouraging the world to envision a world where women and girls...
View ArticleWhat I learned from the BEES about women’s empowerment and nutrition
About four years ago, I started coordinating a knowledge and learning network, which we ultimately named Business, Enterprise and Employment Support (BEES) for women in South Asia. This network was a...
View ArticleImproving the quality of skills training: What the Adolescent Girls...
The Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) through its eight pilots taught us a great deal about how to make skills training more female-friendly and support young women's transition to productive...
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Taking on gender norms to empower women
About this seriesMore blog posts All societies are guided by a certain number of rules - formal or not, written or unwritten, that define how members of the community are expected to behave, how they...
View ArticleProgress and persistence in gender equality: Reflections on the WDR 2012
Today marks the fifth International Women’s Day since the publication of the World Development Report 2012 on “Gender Equality and Development.” That WDR showed us that gender equality is both an...
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