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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. News
    Poverty / Inequality May 09, 2020

    Focal City Learning Meeting 2020: Different Cities, Common Goals

    DELHI DIARY – April 2020by Avi Singh Majithia

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  • waste pickers relief in Delhi April 2020 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 08, 2020

    Not just hunger but also safety: Relief for waste pickers during COVID-19

    by Avi Singh Majithia  May 4, 2020

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  • Ela R. Bhatt News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 08, 2020

    Ela R. Bhatt explains how to rebuild a society less susceptible to debt, disease and devastation

    Ela R. Bhatt, long-time activist, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union in India, and also a founder of...

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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. News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 04, 2020

    Focal City Delhi: COVID-19 response

    When India went into an abrupt lockdown on March 24, it triggered a high-profile humanitarian crisis as migrant workers scrambled to get...

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  • headloader in Ahmedabad Post

    To die from hunger or the virus: An all too real dilemma for the poor in India (and elsewhere)

    The double tsunami of the pandemic and lockdown in India will continue to have devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the poor,...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    SEWA’s Federation of Cooperatives: Health, livelihood and social protection strategies for immediate and long-term relief among informal women workers

    Noting “The outbreak is widely being considered two epidemics – a health crisis and a livelihood loss epidemic,” SEWA’s...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    SEWA’s Appeal for Helping Informal Sector Workers during COVID 19 crisis

    SEWA’s Appeal submitted to the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment & Union Minister of Finance for Helping Informal Sector...

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  • WP19 Working Papers

    Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

    This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

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  • Domestic workers at the International Labour Conference in Geneva Post

    Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won

    In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...

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  • Pushpa Rathod Post

    How Universal Health Coverage Reaches the World’s Poorest: Community Health Workers

    Pushpa Rathod’s work days are unpredictable. On any given day, she may be talking to adolescents about their health, counseling women working...

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