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Access to Public Space September 12, 2019
Strategies for Street Vendors to Create “Public Space for All”
By Jenna Harvey “I want to see an eviction-free city. I want to see them [street vendors] having a right to the city, where no government,...
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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
‘It’s a Win-Win:’ How a Street Vendor Leader Used Recommendation 204 to Change Policy in Costa Rica
By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of...
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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
Ganamos todos: Cómo una representante de vendedores ambulantes usó la Recomendación 204 como herramienta para cambiar las políticas en Costa Rica
Por Jenna Harvey En julio de 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, una líder de vendedores ambulantes de San José, Costa Rica, estuvo junto al presidente...
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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
Worker’s Story: Sizakele Ncube’s new sewing machine brings both improved income and new worries
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring technologies used by informal workers to improve their productivity and some of the challenges...
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Livelihoods September 12, 2019
Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda
Half the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to...
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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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Street Vendors & Market Traders

All posts in Street Vendors & Market Traders

Strategies for Street Vendors to Create “Public Space for All”

‘It’s a Win-Win:’ How a Street Vendor Leader Used Recommendation 204 to Change Policy in Costa Rica

Ganamos todos: Cómo una representante de vendedores ambulantes usó la Recomendación 204 como herramienta para cambiar las políticas en Costa Rica

Worker’s Story: Sizakele Ncube’s new sewing machine brings both improved income and new worries

Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda

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