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How home-based workers in Ahmedabad formed a union to improve their lives
By Carlin Carr
In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr...
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Implementando la Nueva Agenda Urbana
Cómo pueden los gobiernos locales y nacionales
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Implementing the New Urban Agenda
How Local and National Governments
Can Support the Urban Informal Economy
More than 50 per cent of the urban work force in most developing...
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Inclusive recycling with waste pickers in Medellin?
By Federico Parra & Olga Abizaid
Medellin has recently been touted as a poster city for urban development. In recent years, the city...
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¿Reciclaje inclusivo con recicladoras y recicladores en Medellín?
Por Federico Parra y Olga Abizaid
Recientemente, Medellín ha sido alabada como una ciudad modelo en materia de desarrollo urbano. En los...
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“Be Safe With Us”: How Durban Market Traders Collaborated with Officials to Improve Workplace Safety
By Carlin Carr
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La dignidad reconquistada: Cómo las trabajadoras y trabajadores de fábrica tailandeses crearon una cooperativa basada en el trabajo digno
By Carlin Carr
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Gender-Just Cities and the New Urban Agenda
By Ana Carolina Ogando
Madalena Duarte is a strong woman leader. She is also a waste picker in her hometown of Itaúna, Brazil – work she...
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Conmemorando los 20 años de la histórica ley internacional sobre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores a domicilio
Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña
Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers
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Ciudades con equidad de género y la Nueva Agenda Urbana
Madalena Duarte es una líder fuerte. También es una recicladora en su ciudad natal de Itaúna, Brasil –un trabajo que lleva realizando muchos...
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