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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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From Mozambique to Mexico, Domestic Workers are Fighting for their Rights — and Telling their Stories
Domestic workers — those who cook, clean, sweep, and child-mind in private homes across the globe — face unusually challenging circumstances...
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What’s Changed for Domestic Workers since C189? Our Legal Team Unpacks the Progress
16 June 2011 was a momentous day for domestic workers around the globe. After a long, worker-led struggle, the International Labour Organization...
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¿Las trabajadoras y trabajadores del hogar y el C189? Nuestro equipo legal analiza los progresos y los desafíos pendientes
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El 16 de junio de 2011 fue un día trascendental para las trabajadoras del hogar de todo el mundo.
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Audio: How Bangalore’s itinerant waste pickers transformed into “robust entrepreneurs”
WIEGO has a unique organizational structure — we are a network of membership-based organizations, researchers, and practitioners, all working...
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Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’économie informelle font marcher les villes pour tous : Thaïlande, Inde et Colombie, 3 comptes rendus éclairants
Valeria Gelman et Jillian Du
Pensez aux stands de nourriture délicieuse en Asie du Sud-Est, aux artistes de rue en Afrique, au conducteur...
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Workplace Violence and Harassment: Informal Workers Also Need Protection
By Karin Pape & Leslie Vryenhoek
In city streets and markets across the Global South, street vendors have little protection from harassment,...
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As Bangkok Vendors Face Eviction, New York’s Offer Solidarity, Ideas
By Carlin Carr
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Mobile Money for Member Dues: Can technology transform worker organizations?
In this article, our Organization and Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, tells us about an innovative mobile money dues collection...
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“Take away these tolls”: How Accra’s poorest market workers got their wages back
By Carlin CarrAccra’s colorful, bustling markets run on the back-breaking labour of some of the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Goods...
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La lluvia, no los robots: el `futuro del trabajo´ para las mujeres en empleo informal
En este Día Internacional de los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras, el futuro del trabajo es un tema candente. Las nuevas tecnologías, la globalización...
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