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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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In the Developing World, Waste Can Be a Vital Resource
This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post as part of the series “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals.
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Donde las mujeres son líderes: dos victorias globales de las trabajadoras y trabajadores pobres
Por Ela Bhatt
Fundadora de la Asociación de Mujeres Auto empleadas
(SEWA, por sus siglas en inglés)
Presidenta fundadora, WIEGO
(Mujeres...
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Where Women are Leaders: Two Global Victories for the Working Poor
Ela Bhatt is Founder of SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association) and the Founding Chair of WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing...
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Wither the “Labor” in Labor Day?
For many of us, the word “informal employment” conjures up images of street vendors, rickshaw drivers, or casual laborers in agriculture—all...
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Inclusive Growth and the Informal Economy
There is a growing consensus in the international community that economic growth needs to be inclusive: that it needs to be broad-based and...
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Informal Workers Organize for Change: The International Labour Conference 2015
Q&A with Chris Bonner WIEGO’s Director of Organization and
Representation ProgrammeQ: Could you briefly tell us about your role as...
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Trabajadores en la economía informal se organizan para el cambio: La Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo 2015
Preguntas y respuestas con Chris Bonner, Directora del Programa de Organización y Representación de WIEGO
P: ¿Podría decirnos cuál es su...
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El acceso a la salud de los trabajadores en la economía informal
Las discusiones sobre las desigualdades de salud se centran a menudo en los obstáculos que los pobres enfrentan en lo que concierne al acceso...
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Informal Workers’ Access to Health Services
Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an...
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A Durban Street Vendor Wins Precedent-Setting Victory in Court
On March 7, 2018, John Makwicana passed away at the age of 71. John fearlessly took on the challenging battle of defending the rights of...
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