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				“I, Too, am Delhi”: People’s Campaign Calls for Inclusion in Indian Capital’s Master Plan 
				
									India’s capital city is preparing its roadmap for the future – a new master planning document that sets out the vision for Delhi for two...
				
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				Four Key Points to Ensure Child Care Reaches the Poorest Working Women 
				
									This year’s World Day for Decent Work on October 7 calls for improved investment in the care economy, including child care. WIEGO’s Social...
				
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				Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers 
				
									October 7 is World Day for Decent Work with a focus this year on “investing in the care economy.” Whether providing preventative health information,...
				
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				Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques 
				
									Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...
				
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				In Dakar, lawyers experience informal workers’ daily lives and rethink policy 
				
									Policymaking that impacts informal workers rarely comes with first-hand knowledge of their lives and needs. A new initiative in Dakar, Senegal,...
				
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				Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy 
				
									WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...
				
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				En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique 
				
									Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...
				
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				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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				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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				Accra Street Traders Make Their Concerns Heard by Municipal Officials 
				
									In March 2013, a Policy Dialogue was held in Accra, Ghana between informal street traders and officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly...
				
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