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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
¿Dónde están las ciudades inclusivas? Vendedores y vendedoras ambulantes en todo el mundo se enfrentan a hostilidades crecientes
El equipo de Políticas Urbanas de WIEGO analizó en los últimos 18 meses nuevos artículos sobre venta ambulante en seis países para comprender...
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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
Créer un « espace public pour tous » : stratégies utiles à l’intention des vendeurs et vendeuses de rue
Par Jenna Harvey « Je veux voir une ville sans expulsions. Je veux les voir [vendeurs de rue] jouir du droit à la ville, où aucun gouvernement,...
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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
Five Must-reads on Including Street Vendors in Public Spaces
Street vendors are facing unprecedented challenges in cities across the globe, despite global development goals calling for more economically...
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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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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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Access to Public Space August 16, 2019
Evicted: How Mexico City’s Shoe Shiners Fought Displacement and Challenged “Future” Cities
Shoe shiners in Mexico City have worked in Glorieta de Insurgentes Square for decades to earn their livelihoods. When they were unceremoniously...
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Building Collective Power August 16, 2019
Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar
In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...
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Links with Economic Growth/Crisis August 15, 2019
Living on the Precipice of Extreme Poverty: How Financial Downturns Devastate the Working Poor
The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of whom already lived...
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Fiscal Justice August 15, 2019
Q&A: Feeding cities: Informal retailers play crucial role in urban food security
Supermarkets have spread rapidly across the Global South, but what implications does this growth have on informal food retailers and the...
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Access to Public Space August 15, 2019
For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...
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Street Vendors & Market Traders

All posts in Street Vendors & Market Traders

¿Dónde están las ciudades inclusivas? Vendedores y vendedoras ambulantes en todo el mundo se enfrentan a hostilidades crecientes

Créer un « espace public pour tous » : stratégies utiles à l’intention des vendeurs et vendeuses de rue

Five Must-reads on Including Street Vendors in Public Spaces

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

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

Evicted: How Mexico City’s Shoe Shiners Fought Displacement and Challenged “Future” Cities

Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar

Living on the Precipice of Extreme Poverty: How Financial Downturns Devastate the Working Poor

Q&A: Feeding cities: Informal retailers play crucial role in urban food security

For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings