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    Livelihoods June 19, 2018

    From Mozambique to Mexico, Domestic Workers are Fighting for their Rights — and Telling their Stories

    Domestic workers — those who cook, clean, sweep, and child-mind in private homes across the globe — face unusually challenging circumstances...

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    Livelihoods June 15, 2018

    What’s Changed for Domestic Workers since C189? Our Legal Team Unpacks the Progress

    16 June 2011 was a momentous day for domestic workers around the globe. After a long, worker-led struggle, the International Labour Organization...

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    Livelihoods June 15, 2018

    ¿Las trabajadoras y trabajadores del hogar y el C189? Nuestro equipo legal analiza los progresos y los desafíos pendientes

    English  El 16 de junio de 2011 fue un día trascendental para las trabajadoras del hogar de todo el mundo. 

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    Livelihoods June 05, 2018

    Audio: How Bangalore’s itinerant waste pickers transformed into “robust entrepreneurs”

    WIEGO has a unique organizational structure — we are a network of membership-based organizations, researchers, and practitioners, all working...

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    Livelihoods May 28, 2018

    Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’économie informelle font marcher les villes pour tous : Thaïlande, Inde et Colombie, 3 comptes rendus éclairants

    Valeria Gelman et Jillian Du Pensez aux stands de nourriture délicieuse en Asie du Sud-Est, aux artistes de rue en Afrique, au conducteur...

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    Livelihoods May 27, 2018

    Workplace Violence and Harassment: Informal Workers Also Need Protection

    By Karin Pape & Leslie Vryenhoek In city streets and markets across the Global South, street vendors have little protection from harassment,...

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    Livelihoods May 21, 2018

    As Bangkok Vendors Face Eviction, New York’s Offer Solidarity, Ideas

    By Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods May 14, 2018

    Mobile Money for Member Dues: Can technology transform worker organizations?

    In this article, our Organization and Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, tells us about an innovative mobile money dues collection...

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    Livelihoods May 08, 2018

    “Take away these tolls”: How Accra’s poorest market workers got their wages back

    By Carlin CarrAccra’s colorful, bustling markets run on the back-breaking labour of some of the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Goods...

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    Livelihoods April 30, 2018

    Think Rain, Not Robots: Shaping the Future of Work for Women in Informal Employment

    This International Workers’ Day, the future of work has arrived as a hot topic. New technologies, globalization and major advances in artificial...

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