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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    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 September 12, 2019

    Senegal’s Dump Upgrading Doesn’t Have to Displace Waste Pickers

    The theme of World Habitat Day 2018 is municipal solid waste management and creating “waste wise cities.” In this article, WIEGO’s Waste...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Estrategias para abordar las barreras sociales y legales para las trabajadoras del hogar de México

    El primer paso incluye el lanzamiento de una plataforma  política sobre seguridad social Las trabajadoras del hogar se enfrentan a muchos...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Can informal employment actually reduce poverty?

    Findings from South Africa suggest that supporting informal employment could help countries reach development goals by Mike Rogan &...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    From Lima to Bangkok, WIEGO Lays Out Strategy to Improve Conditions of Informal Workers in Six Target Cities

    By Jenna Harvey It is morning rush hour in Bangkok and moto-taxi drivers ferry hurried commuters through stalled traffic. In Mexico City,...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    “Tomorrow is Ours”: India’s Informal Workers Declare in New Radio Programme

    For 13 weeks, in 2017, the unthinkable happened for informal workers: they captivated audiences across Northern India by bringing the public...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Waste has Worth — and So Do the Women Working to Collect It

    A step-by-step guide to building empowerment among women waste pickers By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando Women across the globe share...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    How a pyramid sketch redefined the informal economy — and the new data that is putting that 20-year-old idea to the test

      By Mike Rogan

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Reportaje fotográfico: Esfuerzos internos para fortalecer el liderazgo entre las mujeres recicladoras

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda

    Half the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to...

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