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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Immigrant Nation

    “Immigrant Nation” is an online interactive documentary beginning Summer 2013. The first video is about a domestic worker and...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

    Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of Massachusetts, with links to multilingual resource pages.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Uruguay Takes the Lead to Protect Domestic Workers

    Providing protection for the world’s millions of domestic workers has taken a major step forward. In April 2012, Uruguay became the...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos

    A partir do site da Centro Gaspar Garcia: O Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos é uma organização ecumênica, não governamental (ONG),...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Ordenanza Municipal para el Comercio Estacionado y Ambulante

    Ordinance governing street vending in Santiago, Chile

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    WIEGO’s Law and Informality Work

    Document in English, French, and Spanish.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Decreto Supremo No 005-2007-TR: Declaran el 30 de marzo como el “Día nacional de los trabajadores y trabajadoras del hogar”

    Decreto supremo Nº 005 sobre la declaración del día 30 de marzo como “Día Nacional de los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras del Hogar,” Marzo 2007. ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ordenanza No 062: Comercio en la vía pública de la Municipalidad de Lima, Perú

    Ordenanza No 062: Comercio en la vía pública de la Municipalidad de Lima, Perú

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    “Women are always the strongest”

    Paola Caviedes Martinez is a single mom concerned with children’s rights, raising children without male role models and the psychological...

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  • Presentations