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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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Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty
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Bangkok’s Informal Workers Essential to Formal and Informal Functioning of City, Study Says
A Q&A on a recently released scan of four occupational sectors
We spoke with the authors of a recently released study, “Informal...
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What’s the legal recourse for street vendor evictions?
WIEGO’s law team discusses how administrative law can empower and protect informal workers in urban public spaces
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The New “Gig Economy” Meets the Old Over Need for a Better Deal for Workers
A growing number of workers in developed countries are working without the traditional employer-employee relationship in the so-called “gig...
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Joburg’s Reclaimers Win Important First Victory in Fight Against Privatization
On July 13, hundreds of Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers (known locally as “reclaimers”) — men and women who have been collecting, separating,...
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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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In India, One-stop Shops Increase Access to Healthcare, Nutrition and Social Security Services for Working Poor
In India, the government has put in place well-meaning social security schemes, as well as health and nutrition programmes to combat malnutrition...
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Who really cares about our Earth? Neglecting waste pickers’ contributions, promoting huge business profits.
Things are not easy for those protecting the Earth.
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¿Nos importa realmente nuestra Tierra? Se descuidan las contribuciones de las recicladoras y los recicladores, y se fomentan enormes lucros empresariales.
por Lucía Fernández
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Reportaje fotográfico: Esfuerzos internos para fortalecer el liderazgo entre las mujeres recicladoras
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Estrategias para abordar las barreras sociales y legales para las trabajadoras del hogar de México
El primer paso incluye el lanzamiento de una plataforma política sobre seguridad social
Las trabajadoras del hogar se enfrentan a muchos...
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