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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Project

    Law Exposure Dialogue Programme

    EDPs allow researchers, practitioners and officials to experience firsthand the challenges that workers in informal employment face. The...

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  • Newsletter on Law & the Informal Economy

    Latest from WIEGO’s Law Programme Subscribe to receive all our updates Law & Informality Highlights – October 2023

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Informal Workers and the Law

    WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers....

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  • Garment workers in Thailand by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage Page

    Law and Informality

    Law is an essential tool in improving livelihoods and lives. But legal and regulatory frameworks are designed for the formal economy. Too...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Worker Story

    Urban Renewal, Heritage Sites & Urban Livelihoods: Devi-Ben, Street Vendor

    These are the reflections of Marty Chen, WIEGO’s International Coordinator, following an Exposure-Dialogue Programme held January 27-February...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Waste Pickers and the Law

    Waste pickers collect, sort, recycle, and sell materials that others have thrown away. They benefit urban health and sanitation, lower municipal...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Street Vendors and the Law

    Street vendors are an integral part of the world’s urban economies, contributing to vibrant retail markets and providing an array of...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Home-Based Workers and the Law

    Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from in or around their own homes. Although largely invisible, they are engaged...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Domestic Workers and Law

    Domestic workers provide essential services (e.g. cleaning, cooking, childcare, gardening) in other peoples’ homes─which allows others...

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  • Domestic worker washing window_Johannesburg. Photo: J. Torgovnik/Getty Images Audiovisual Materials

    Domestic Workers and C189: Making it Real, Africa

    Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention...

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