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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    How home-based workers in Ahmedabad formed a union to improve their lives

    By Carlin Carr In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    “Our role has been to make the informal economy visible and give it validity”

    Renana Jhabvala discusses the UN Secretary-General’s first-ever High-level Panel (UN HLP) for Women’s Economic EmpowermentRenana Jhabvala...

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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. Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Informal Workers Organize for Change: The International Labour Conference 2015

    Q&A with Chris Bonner WIEGO’s Director of Organization and  Representation ProgrammeQ: Could you briefly tell us about your role as...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Cultivando un sueño: El centro de reciclaje de Vaal Park

    Por Leslie Vryenhoek El letrero en la entrada al Centro de reciclaje Vaal Park, en Sudáfrica, muestra 23 logos; cada uno representa a un...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Trabajo y desarrollo humano: Entrevista con Nohra Padilla sobre la experiencia de los recicladores en Bogotá

    Foto: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    ¿Reciclaje inclusivo con recicladoras y recicladores en Medellín?

    Por Federico Parra y Olga Abizaid Recientemente, Medellín ha sido alabada como una ciudad modelo en materia de desarrollo urbano. En  los...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Domestic workers in Johannesburg: Hidden, vulnerable and essential

    By Leslie VryenhoekDomestic workers represent a vast, hidden and essential workforce whose efforts inside private homes allow their employers...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Five Case Studies that Illustrate Steps Toward an Inclusive City

    Creating “inclusive cities” is a hot topic right now. Habitat III has just wound up in Quito, Ecuador – the UN’s urban conference that brought...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Informal Workers’ Access to Health Services

    Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers

    In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...

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