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The Political Power of Workers’ Education
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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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From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid
Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...
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Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond
In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...
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5 Local Actions to Support the Informal Workforce that Should Go Global
In promoting a better urban future, the United Nations recently called for the sharing of transformative approaches to local action – what...
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Recognition and Respect Could Change Street Vendors’ Lives
In this interview, StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud talks about how and why street vendors became organized and her hopes...
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Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi
Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...
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Joining Hands to Organize Home-Based Workers
In this interview, HomeNet International Coordinator Janhavi Dave tells us of proud moments in the home-based workers’ movement and shares...
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Waste Pickers Take the Podium at UN Environment Assembly
The hall was filled with official delegations, representatives and environmentalists, activists and organizers from more than 150 countries...
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Global Plastics Treaty: Waste Pickers Ready to Talk
“We are the face of recycling in the world, we are the hands that clean the world, we are the real heroes of the planet and nothing you try...
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Unity of Informal Workers is Key to Domestic Workers’ Success
In this interview, Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF), tells us what she hopes to...
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Protecting Informal Workers in Public Workplaces: Lessons from Asia
The rights of “everyone” or “every worker” laid down in international law should be the bedrock for building more inclusive cities. Realizing...
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