Achieving decent employment for all requires improving workers’ homes and livelihoods
WIEGO and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) are co-chairs of the Grassroots Partners Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners,...
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Podcast: World-renowned labour lawyer, Adelle Blackett, on domestic work, the significance of a Convention and the future of the movement
It’s been five years since the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers (C189) was adopted during the International Labour...
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How home-based workers in Ahmedabad formed a union to improve their lives
By Carlin Carr In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr...
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Implementing the New Urban Agenda
How Local and National Governments Can Support the Urban Informal Economy More than 50 per cent of the urban work force in most developing...
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Inclusive recycling with waste pickers in Medellin?
By Federico Parra & Olga Abizaid Medellin has recently been touted as a poster city for urban development. In recent years, the city...
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“Be Safe With Us”: How Durban Market Traders Collaborated with Officials to Improve Workplace Safety
By Carlin Carr
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La dignidad reconquistada: Cómo las trabajadoras y trabajadores de fábrica tailandeses crearon una cooperativa basada en el trabajo digno
By Carlin Carr
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Gender-Just Cities and the New Urban Agenda
By Ana Carolina Ogando Madalena Duarte is a strong woman leader. She is also a waste picker in her hometown of Itaúna, Brazil – work she...
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Conmemorando los 20 años de la histórica ley internacional sobre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores a domicilio
Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers
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Commemorating 20 Years of Landmark Convention for Homeworkers
Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers
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