Building Collective Power

The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers

This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the...

Empoderamiento Legal de los Trabajadores en la Economía Informal

Estratégias para fortelecer la capacidad de las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

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Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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Organization, Regulation and Exploitation in the So-Called ‘Urban Informal Sector’

Peru: Trade Unions Respond to Flexibilization

Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment

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Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences

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Waste Pickers: A Gendered Perspective