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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. May 14 2015

    Workshop: New Public Service Standards for Waste Pickers

    • May 14, 2015

    Medellin, ColombiaWIEGO held a two-day workshop for waste picker organizations in Medellin and sourrounding municipalities. This workshop...

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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. Nov 19 2015

    Multi-stakeholder meeting on the situation of urban waste pickers recycling solid waste in Peru

    • November 19, 2015
    • Hotel José Antonio
      Lima, Peru

    12:15-14:30 Hotel José Antonio  

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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. Feb 18 2017

    Regional Exchange of Domestic Workers

    • February 18, 2017 - February 19, 2017
    • Mexico City, Mexico

    Mexico City Domestic Worker in Mexico, Photo by L. Arauz. Courtesy: CACEH Convened by the Centre for Support and Capacity

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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. Jul 24 2017

    Workshop: Quality Public Child Care for all Informal Workers

    • July 24, 2017
    • Mexico City, Mexico

    Mexico City, Mexico In the context of the recent introduction of the “right to care” to the Mexico City Constitution, WIEGO and OXFAM Mexico...

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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. Mar 11 2019

    63rd Commission on the Status of Women

    • March 11, 2019 - March 22, 2019

    CSW63 UN Headquarters, New York Representatives of UN Member States, civil society organizations and UN entities gathered at the UN headquarters...

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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. Sep 22 2016

    UN HLP Report Presentation to Secretary-General

    • September 22, 2016

    During the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the UN High-Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment (UN...

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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. Mar 19 2018

    Platform of proposals for city elections in CDMX

    • March 19, 2018 - March 22, 2018

    Mexico City, Mexico A workshop with informal workers took place from March 19th to 22nd 2018, in Mexico City. One of the event’s main...

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  • Street vendor protest Post
    Building Collective Power September 09, 2019

    In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

    Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

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  • Newspaper vendor Post
    Livelihoods August 16, 2019

    En Lima, la modernización dificulta el trabajo diario de algunas personas

    La modernización en las ciudades sirve para facilitar el desplazamiento de los trabajadores y aportar comodidades, para hacer la vida más...

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  • food vendor at the Mercado Bolívar in Lima Post
    Building Collective Power August 16, 2019

    61% of the world’s workers still fighting for 8-hour day

    133 years after the Chicago working-time strike that gave rise to May Day, 2-billion workers continue to fall outside regulations for working...

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