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  • Workstation of a home-based worker in Ahmedabad, India Worker Story

    Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

    Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

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  • Kayayei carry a load full of goods on their heads at Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana Worker Story

    Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana

    Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...

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  • Recyclables pile in Dakar, Senegal Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study February 23, 2022

    Five Ways Waste Pickers Built Connections During the Pandemic

    During the pandemic, when waste pickers face harassment, eviction, stigmatization and a decline in earnings, building connections has proven...

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  • 66th Commission on the Status of Women Mar 13 2022

    66th Commission on the Status of Women

    • March 13, 2022 - March 25, 2022
    • Online

    The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Cartilha de precificação para o trabalho dos catadores e das catadoras

    Pagamento por serviços na catação Esta cartilha apresenta orientações de como precificar o trabalho dos catadores seja das organizações coletivas...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Oi! Foi bom te ver lá na formação. Na sua turma também tinha catadores e catadoras do Brasil todo e que trabalhavam na rua ou galpão?

    Cartão-Memória Cata Saúde: Este cartão-memória reconta como foi o projeto de capacitação online Cata Saúde Viraliza a partir de um diálogo...

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  • Worker's hands External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center

    Excerpt from the opinion piece, It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center by Darren Walker (president...

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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

    Empowering Domestic Workers: Community Paralegals Project

    Community paralegals –who are members of a community or group trained in the law to assist their fellow community or group members with legal...

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