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Technical Workshop Meeting – Delhi
Notes and discussions and decisions taken at meeting on Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in China and India, in Delhi, india 22-23...
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First Global Strategic Workshop of Waste Pickers: Inclusive Solid Waste Management
This summary report details the Global Strategic Workshop in Pune, India in April, 2012, when 80 waste picker representatives from 34 cities...
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Primer Taller Estratégico Mundial de los Recicladores: Gestión Inclusiva de Residuos Sólidos
Este informe es resumen del Taller Global Estratégica en Pune, India, en abril de 2012, cuando 80 representantes de recicladores de 34 ciudades...
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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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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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For Mayors: A Five-Step Guide to including Street Vendors in Global Cities
By Carlin Carr
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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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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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Can Waste Pickers Help Solve Delhi’s Towering Trash Problem?
With Avi Singh Majithia Delhi’s Qutub Minar, the tallest minaret in the world, rises high above many of the capital city’s landmarks, but...
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Local Governments Should Prioritize Health and Safety for Informal Workers
The deadly factory fire at Rana Plaza five years ago this week sparked global outrage about workers’ safety. The incident in Bangladesh prompted...
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