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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Un saludo de Gabriela Olguin sobre el Dia internacional de trabajadores a domicilio

    Gabriela Olguin, una lider de la Confederacion de Trabajadores de la Economia Popular (CTEP) y de la Cooperativa el Adoquin en Argentina...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Peru Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú

    Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    The slow death of Ecuadorian Banana workers

    Magali Marega and Jo Vervecken draw on in-depth interviews of farmworkers in the Ecuadorian Banana farms, showing the health hazards of working...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    National Domestic Workers Alliance

    Founded in 2007, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for the millions of domestic workers in the...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    The LA Street Vendor Campaign

    The Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign (LASVC) is the initiative to legalize street vending on Los Angeles’ city sidewalks. The organizing...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Sidewalk Vending District Program

    This report outlines the history of the City’s Sidewalk Vending Program, in Los Angeles, the City’s Existing Sidewalk Vending Law, comparative...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Vancouver Street Vending and Licensing By law for Mobile Ice Cream Vending, Policy Report, 2003

    This report proposes amendments to Street Vending By-law No. 4781 to clarify and strengthen the regulations for the Mobile Ice Cream Vending...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Cooperatives in Uruguay

    Link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCQJMbJ6_HM

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  • Presentations

    Reflexiones de una Usauaria de Encuestas de Hogares

    Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Waste pickers in Colombia

    In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional...

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