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    Livelihoods June 17, 2016

    Commemorating 20 Years of Landmark Convention for Homeworkers

    Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

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    Livelihoods April 27, 2016

    Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services

    The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.

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    Livelihoods October 22, 2015

    Photo Essay Part II: Hidden Workers in Sunder Nagari

    This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here.When we visited Sunder...

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    Livelihoods October 16, 2015

    Photo Essay Part I: Home as a Place of Work

    This is the first of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part two here.

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    Livelihoods May 25, 2015

    The Fair Trade Movement for Informal Workers

    A Q&A with Elaine Jones during World Fair Trade Week

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    Livelihoods May 07, 2015

    What the Rana Plaza Disaster Taught Us about Worker Safety Everywhere

    The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 revealed the deathly factory conditions of garment workers, many of whom were stitching for...

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    Livelihoods May 04, 2015

    Seis mitos sobre las estadísticas de la economía informal

    Los mitos abundan en el campo de las estadísticas de la economía informal y van desde nociones de “no hay estadística alguna”, hasta  “las...

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    Livelihoods May 01, 2015

    Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment

    2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...

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