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    Livelihoods June 16, 2015

    Celebrating International Domestic Workers’ Day with Myrtle Witbooi, Pioneering Activist for the Movement

    Myrtle Witbooi never intended to become a domestic worker. She had planned on studying nursing, but when a family asked her to help caretake...

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    Livelihoods June 16, 2015

    Celebrando el Día Internacional de las Trabajadoras del Hogar con Myrtle Witbooi, activista pionera en el movimiento

    Myrtle Witbooi no planeaba ser trabajadora del hogar; lo que quería era estudiar enfermería. Pero cuando una familia le pidió ayuda para...

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    Livelihoods May 25, 2015

    The Fair Trade Movement for Informal Workers

    A Q&A with Elaine Jones during World Fair Trade Week

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    Livelihoods May 20, 2015

    Adding Informal Workers’ Voices to the New Urban Agenda

    Last month in Nairobi, 700 participants gathered at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing...

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    Livelihoods May 20, 2015

    Sumando las voces de los trabajadores en la economía informal a la nueva agenda urbana

    El mes pasado se reunieron en Nairobi 700 personas en la Segunda Sesión del Comité Preparatorio de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas...

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    Livelihoods May 07, 2015

    What the Rana Plaza Disaster Taught Us about Worker Safety Everywhere

    The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 revealed the deathly factory conditions of garment workers, many of whom were stitching for...

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    Livelihoods May 04, 2015

    Six Myths about Informal Economy Statistics

    Myths abound in the field of informal employment statistics—from ‘there are none’ to ‘they don’t tell us anything.’ Here are answers to some...

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    Livelihoods May 04, 2015

    Seis mitos sobre las estadísticas de la economía informal

    Los mitos abundan en el campo de las estadísticas de la economía informal y van desde nociones de “no hay estadística alguna”, hasta  “las...

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    Livelihoods May 01, 2015

    Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment

    2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...

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