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  • Home-Based Workers, Lahore, Pakistan, 2014 Post
    Building Collective Power January 31, 2023

    The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

    Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...

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  • Angélique Kipulu Katani, General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC) Democratic Republic of the Congo Post
    Building Collective Power January 04, 2023

    Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond

    In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...

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  • Post
    Links with Economic Growth/Crisis December 21, 2022

    From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid

    Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    The Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

    This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City

    Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City  WIEGO organized a dialogue on economic recovery for the informal...

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  • StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud Post
    Building Collective Power November 10, 2022

    Recognition and Respect Could Change Street Vendors’ Lives

    In this interview, StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud talks about how and why street vendors became organized and her hopes...

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  • Street food vendors Delhi Post
    Access to Public Space October 25, 2022

    Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi

    Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...

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  • 25th Anniversary - Janhavi Dave Post
    Building Collective Power October 12, 2022

    Joining Hands to Organize Home-Based Workers

    In this interview, HomeNet International Coordinator Janhavi Dave tells us of proud moments in the home-based workers’ movement and shares...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi

    Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...

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  • Elizabeth Tang IDWF hero image Post
    Building Collective Power September 22, 2022

    Unity of Informal Workers is Key to Domestic Workers’ Success

    In this interview, Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF), tells us what she hopes to...

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