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    From blood tests to aerobic dance: Training improves workers’ access to new Thai health fund – and their ideas are inspiring

    Thailand is a global innovator when it comes to health promotion and prevention practices. Its Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system was...

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    Recicladores y recicladoras de Medellín y Popayán y Montería reciben primer pago por servicios públicos de reciclaje

    Equipo técnico y líderes de ARRECICLAR en Medellín. Foto: Arreciclar

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    Bangkok’s Informal Workers Essential to Formal and Informal Functioning of City, Study Says

    A Q&A on a recently released scan of four occupational sectors We spoke with the authors of a recently released study, “Informal...

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    What’s the legal recourse for street vendor evictions?

    WIEGO’s law team discusses how administrative law can empower and protect informal workers in urban public spaces

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    The New “Gig Economy” Meets the Old Over Need for a Better Deal for Workers

    A growing number of workers in developed countries are working without the traditional employer-employee relationship in the so-called “gig...

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    Joburg’s Reclaimers Win Important First Victory in Fight Against Privatization

    On July 13, hundreds of Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers (known locally as “reclaimers”) — men and women who have been collecting, separating,...

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    Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda

    Half the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to...

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    In India, One-stop Shops Increase Access to Healthcare, Nutrition and Social Security Services for Working Poor

    In India, the government has put in place well-meaning social security schemes, as well as health and nutrition programmes to combat malnutrition...

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    Who really cares about our Earth? Neglecting waste pickers’ contributions, promoting huge business profits.

    Things are not easy for those protecting the Earth.

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    ¿Nos importa realmente nuestra Tierra? Se descuidan las contribuciones de las recicladoras y los recicladores, y se fomentan enormes lucros empresariales.

    por Lucía Fernández

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