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A Landmark Milestone for Workers in Informal Employment: The Inter-American Court Recognizes the Right to Care as a Human Right
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Informal Enterprises Generate Jobs Yet Face Overarching Bias
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There is No Circularity Without Waste Pickers
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From Data to Action: Worker-Led Research to Shape Climate Debates
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Systems Change in Turbulent Times: Lessons from the Power-Shifts Framework
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How Do Cooperatives Support Worker Recognition and Political Representation?
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Funding Development Through the Lens of Tax Justice and Social Protection
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How Do Cooperatives Ensure Accessible Healthcare and Childcare for Workers?
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How Cooperatives Improve Workers’ Economic and Productive Capacities
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Innovación y unidad: Cómo se están adaptando las personas trabajadoras en domicilio al mundo de la COVID-19
Las personas trabajadoras en domicilio están entre las más invisibilizadas y descuidadas del mundo, y están demasiado familiarizadas con...
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Innovation et unité : Comment les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile s’adaptent au monde de la COVID-19
Les travailleurs à domicile sont parmi les travailleuse•eur•s les plus invisibles et les plus négligé•e•s du monde, et connaissent trop bien...
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Not just hunger but also safety: Relief for waste pickers during COVID-19
by Avi Singh Majithia
May 4, 2020
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Vegetables on Wheels in Ahmedabad, India: SEWA partners with municipality to ensure food access during lockdown
On March 24, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, announced a 21-day lockdown across India to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The very...
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In COVID-19 Crisis, El Sindicato Unico de la Aguja (SUA) in Uruguay is making masks
Conversation held on April 23, 2020 between Flor de Liz Feijoo (SUA General Secretary) and Laura Morillo (ORP WIEGO). All images and videos...
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Waste Pickers and COVID-19: An Interview with WIEGO’s Sonia Dias
The world’s garbage workers are on the frontlines of the pandemic, and their work has become increasingly risky as they keep cities clean....
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Les travailleuse·eur·s les plus vulnérables de l’industrie du vêtement ne sont pas dans les usines : Les marques mondiales doivent les protéger
Les travailleuse·eur·s au bas de la chaîne d’approvisionnement du vêtement – des travailleuses sous-traitantes à domicile, notamment des...
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Las personas trabajadoras textiles más vulnerables no trabajan en fábricas: Las marcas mundiales deberían protegerlas
Las personas trabajadoras en la parte inferior de la cadena de suministro textil (trabajadoras subcontratadas, en su mayoría mujeres, que...
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The world’s most vulnerable garment workers aren’t in factories – and global brands need to step up to protect them
Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading...
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Food Security and Street Vendors During COVID-19: Interview with WIEGO’s Caroline Skinner
The health crisis and related lockdowns have made accessing food a challenge for many. While grocery store workers have been deemed essential...
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