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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Inclusive Cities – How Informal Workers Contribute to Cities

    A blog post by WIEGO’s Urban Research Director, Sally Roever.

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  • Presentations

    Habitat III Thematic Meeting: Informal Settlements

    Presentation by Victoria Okoye of WIEGO for Habitat III.

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO in the World Newsletter January 2017

    This issue of the WIEGO newsletter highlights WIEGO’s activities from July to December 2016. Newsletter topics include WIEGO delegation...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Redemption – The Documentary

    From the documentary’s website: “They are New York City’s gleaners – struggling at the edge of our society. You see them on almost...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Informal Workers in Focus: Waste Collectors

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  • Presentations

    Challenges to Inclusive Urban Planning for the Working Poor – Reflections from South Africa

    Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO avril 2013

    Une newsletter de WIEGO aux organisations de travailleurs informels basées sur leurs adhérents (OBA), avril 2013.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Informal Worker Addresses the Plenary, ILC 2014

    Poornima Chikarmane addresses the ILC plenary on behalf of Suman More. 

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  • Presentations

    Opening Statement at Second session of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat III

    From UN Habitat: “The second preparatory meeting (PrepCom2) of the Habitat III conference has opened in Nairobi with member states...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Lakshmi Narayan – Livelihoods and the New Urban Agenda

    Lakshmi Narayan, co-founder of SWaCH Waste Picker Cooperative in Pune, India, speaks after a panel discussionon “Informal Livelihoods...

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