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Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty
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From Isolation to Collective Power: Legal Empowerment for Domestic Workers
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Key Outcomes from the 2025 International Labour Conference and Why They Matter for Workers in Informal Employment
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The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers
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The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina
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Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts
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Labour Rights are Human Rights! Beyond the Slogan for Workers in Informal Employment
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Cette nouvelle crise fait ressortir les vieilles injustices dans l’économie mondiale
Les rapports sinistres sur les systèmes de santé débordés d’ici et d’autres parties de l’Europe, ainsi que de l’Amérique du Nord, ont dominé...
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Esta nueva crisis acentúa las antiguas injusticias de la economía global
La cobertura de COVID-19 por parte de muchos de los medios de comunicación más influyentes del mundo ha estado dominada por informes desalentadores...
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This new crisis underscores old injustices in the global economy
Grim reports of overwhelmed health systems from here and other parts of Europe, as well as North America, have dominated COVID-19 coverage...
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WASTE PICKERS: Essential Service Providers at Risk
Waste pickers provide essential services and face specific risks in this pandemic–from handling contaminated materials to losing essential...
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Pandemic: Informal workers urgently need income replacement — and more protections
Social distancing and staying home are real possibilities for middle-class office workers covered by social security. They are much less...
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Pandémie : les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel ont besoin d’un remplacement du revenu de toute urgence et de plus de protections
« Aplatir la courbe » est devenu un mantra de la pandémie COVID-19, mais les appels à l’auto-isolement et à la distanciation sociale...
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Pandemia: las personas trabajadoras en la economía informal necesitan con urgencia una sustitución de ingresos y más protecciones
“Aplanar la curva” se ha convertido en el mantra de la pandemia del COVID-19, pero los pedidos de autoaislamiento y de distanciamiento social...
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DOMESTIC WORKERS: Frontline Care Workers at Risk
Because their work requires them to be in others’ home—often multiple homes—and to come in close contact with individuals and items that...
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Impact of the Global Recession on Members of SEWA in India
In early 2009, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, one of the partners in the Inclusive Cities project, conducted a study...
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Three new ways of looking at the urgent need for quality childcare
Few public investments will have as transformative an impact on present and future generations, and on equality between women and men and...
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