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  • StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud Post
    Building Collective Power November 10, 2022

    Recognition and Respect Could Change Street Vendors’ Lives

    In this interview, StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud talks about how and why street vendors became organized and her hopes...

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  • August 10, 2015 in Accra, Ghana. (Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage) Project

    Child Care in Markets

    Workers in informal employment often lack access to high quality public services, including child-care services. Lack of child-care support...

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  • Street food vendors Delhi Post
    Access to Public Space October 25, 2022

    Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi

    Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...

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  • Report

    Guidelines and Standards for Day-Care Centres in and around Markets in Ghana

    These guidelines and standards for day-care centres in and around markets in Ghana were developed through the collaborative efforts of a...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi

    Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...

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  • Street vendor in Salvadore, Brazil Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile

    This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ...

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  • Thumbnail The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? Resource Documents

    The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India

    This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural...

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  • Vendors in Ahmedabad, India Post
    Access to Public Space August 24, 2022

    Protecting Informal Workers in Public Workplaces: Lessons from Asia

    The rights of “everyone” or “every worker” laid down in international law should be the bedrock for building more inclusive cities. Realizing...

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  • Street vendor in Mexico City in 2019 Post
    Exposure Dialogues August 18, 2022

    Milestone Talks on Informal Employment

    In their first direct engagement, informal worker representatives and officials of the CNDH’s Program of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

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  • Working Papers

    Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore

    This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal...

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