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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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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Behance: Hard Life (Paper Collectors)

    The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional y Trabajo del Hogar

    Este informe contiene los resultados de un proyecto de investigación de cuatro años sobre la salud y seguridad ocupacional (SSO) y los trabajadores...

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  • Presentations

    The Future of the Domestic Workers’ Movement

    Speech presented by Dan Gallin at the International Domestic Workers’ Federation, Founding Congress which was held in Montevideo, Uruguay...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Caracterización Socioeconómica y de Salud de Personas Recicladoras (Versión Amigable)

    [Versión Amigable] Este documento presenta de manera sintetizada una caracterización de las condiciones socioeconómicas y de salud de los...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The Recognition, Promotion and Remuneration of Informal Waste Pickers

    This video, by WIEGO’s Federico Parra, describes the situation of informal waste pickers in Bogota, Colombia.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Decreto Supremo 005 91TR: Reconocen al trabajador ambulante la calidad jurídica de trabajador autónomo ambulatorio

    Decreto-Supremo 005 91TR: Reconocen al trabajador ambulante la calidad jurídica de trabajador autónomo ambulatorio, Perú.

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