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  • Organizing Briefs

    ‘Whose Law? Our Law!’: Critical Reflections on Legalization, Social Dialogue and Street Vendors’ Organizing in São Paulo

    Key Points The institutionalization of social dialogue is an important step towards more just regulation of informal vending, but alone it...

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  • Resource Documents

    Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities

    This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;...

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  • Waste Pickers in Accra, Ghana 2019 Post
    Global Advocacy and Negotiations July 25, 2023

    Challenging the Boundaries of Labour Law at the Labour Law Research Network Conference

    Labour law only “sees” employees. It resists the idea that self-employed workers in the informal economy, such as street vendors and waste...

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  • Lourdes Gula, PATAMABA President Post
    Building Collective Power June 28, 2023

    Improving the Visibility of the Philippines’ Informal Workforce

    In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines...

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  • Street vendors in Accra, Ghana. Post
    Access to Public Space June 16, 2023

    Building Street Vendor Power in the Face of Repression in African Cities

    Street vendors across the Global South are exposed to repeated cycles of evictions. In the African cities of Accra, Dakar and Durban, vendors...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Documento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT

    Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper: A Just Transition for Workers in Informal Employment, prepared for the 111th session of the International Labour Conference

    In this brief, WIEGO and four global networks of workers in informal employment including HomeNet International, the International Alliance...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Não deixar ninguém para trás: Construir uma proteção do trabalho inclusiva num mundo do trabalho em evolução, 111.ª Sessão da CIT, 2023

    Damos as boas-vindas ao relatório de fundo da OIT (Organização Internacional do Trabalho), focado nas dimensões da proteção trabalhista,...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    111-я сессия МКТ, 2023 г. – Никого не оставляя позади: создание всеобъемлющей системы охраны труда в быстроменяющемся меняющемся мире

    Мы приветствуем справочный доклад МОТ, в котором основное внимание уделяется аспектам охраны труда, определенным формам занятости и определенным...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Position Paper: Leaving no one behind – Building inclusive labour protection in an evolving world of work prepared for the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference

    We welcome the ILO background report, which focuses on dimensions of labour protection, certain forms of employment and certain groups of...

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