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  • Homeworker in Thailand Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020

    Les travailleuse·eur·s les plus vulnérables de l’industrie du vêtement ne sont pas dans les usines : Les marques mondiales doivent les protéger

    Les travailleuse·eur·s au bas de la chaîne d’approvisionnement du vêtement – des travailleuses sous-traitantes à domicile, notamment des...

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    Resumen Ejectivo – La situación de los derechos humanos de la comunidad recicladora en América Latina: un reclamo urgente por respeto a través de estándares internacionales

    El objetivo de este informe es brindar argumentos y herramientas jurídicas que permitan proteger efectivamente los derechos humanos de las...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Reflexiones sobre derecho e informalidad – Octubre 2019

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    Law and Informality Insights – October 2019

     

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  • Working Papers

    The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks

    This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...

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  • Resource Documents

    Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

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  • Dakar street vendor Post
    Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019

    In Dakar, lawyers experience informal workers’ daily lives and rethink policy

    Policymaking that impacts informal workers rarely comes with first-hand knowledge of their lives and needs. A new initiative in Dakar, Senegal,...

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  • Dakar street vendor Post
    Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019

    Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques

    Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...

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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. News
    Legal Empowerment September 22, 2019

    Mexico 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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  • 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 Project in 5 Countries

    Membership-Based Organizations – The Heart of the Law & Informality Project In 2006 WIEGO instituted a global project on Law and...

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