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    Building Collective Power August 02, 2019

    Un nouveau projet qui explore comment les récupérateurs et récupératrices de matériaux peuvent aider à résoudre la crise des déchets plastiques dans les océans

    Un entretien (Q&R) avec Taylor Cass Talbott Il est difficile de passer à côté des images choquantes de tas de plastiques flottant au...

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  • Worker Story

    Organizing for Success and Service in Accra

    Naana Adede, Accra, Ghana(2012) There is no running water at the Temas Station market in Accra, Ghana, but heavy rain has left dark puddles,...

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    Waste Integration in South Africa (WISA)

    Informal waste pickers play an integral role in South Africa’s waste industry and keep tonnes of material out of landfills. Now, they are...

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    Domestic Workers and C189: Making it Real, Africa

    Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention...

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    Domestic Workers and C189: Power and Skills to Make it Real

    • May 24, 2019 - May 26, 2019
    • Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

    International Domestic Worker Federation (IDWF) affiliates from across Africa gathered in May at this workshop, aimed at strengthening worker...

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  • Members of WIEGO delegation at the ILC Jun 08 2019

    WIEGO at the International Labour Conference 2019

    • June 8, 2019 - July 21, 2019
    • ILO Headquarters
      Geneva, Switzerland

    A historic instrument on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work was adopted at the International Labour Conference (ILC) in...

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    Building Collective Power April 29, 2019

    61 % des travailleurs et travailleuses du monde entier se battent encore pour une journée de travail de 8 heures

    Après la grève pour demander entre autres la réduction de leur temps de travail à Chicago, il y a 133 ans, qui a donné lieu à la fête du...

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  • food vendor at the Mercado Bolívar in Lima Post
    Building Collective Power April 29, 2019

    61% of the world’s workers still fighting for 8-hour day

    133 years after the Chicago working-time strike that gave rise to May Day, 2-billion workers continue to fall outside regulations for working...

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    Building Collective Power March 21, 2019

    Invisibilité à Dakar : les travailleuses de l’économie informelle s’affirment contre

    À Dakar, au Sénégal, les femmes font face, hier et aujourd’hui, à des inégalités économiques et sociales — de l’analphabétisme à la pauvreté,...

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    Building Collective Power March 21, 2019

    Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar

    In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...

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