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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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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Fact Sheet: Women Organizing for Fair Trade in Mexico

    Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Mexico

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    San Francisco Cart Project

    About SFCP, from their website:

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: UN HLP Report Presentation to Secretary-General

    Full webcast of UN HLP Report Presentation to the Secretary-General event at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Street Vending Regulations in New York City- an-Overview

    This pamphlet provides an overview of Street Vending Regulations in New York City.

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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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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Recicladores ante la destitución de alcalde Gustavo Petro

    A raíz de toda la situación que afronta el alcalde Petro por el esquema de basuras, conocemos de procesos donde se solicita la nulidad del...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics