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    Livelihoods May 14, 2018

    Mobile Money for Member Dues: Can technology transform worker organizations?

    In this article, our Organization and Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, tells us about an innovative mobile money dues collection...

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    Livelihoods May 08, 2018

    “Take away these tolls”: How Accra’s poorest market workers got their wages back

    By Carlin CarrAccra’s colorful, bustling markets run on the back-breaking labour of some of the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Goods...

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    Livelihoods April 30, 2018

    Think Rain, Not Robots: Shaping the Future of Work for Women in Informal Employment

    This International Workers’ Day, the future of work has arrived as a hot topic. New technologies, globalization and major advances in artificial...

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    Livelihoods April 30, 2018

    La lluvia, no los robots: el `futuro del trabajo´ para las mujeres en empleo informal

    En este Día Internacional de los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras, el futuro del trabajo es un tema candente. Las nuevas tecnologías, la globalización...

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    Livelihoods April 27, 2018

    Como uma Cidade Brasileira Usou o Teatro e a Música para Popularizar a Reciclagem – e os trabalhadores pobres por trás dessa atividade

    Por Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods April 25, 2018

    Le théâtre et la chanson au service du recyclage : comment une ville brésilienne s’est y prise pour rendre populaire le recyclage et les travailleurs pauvres qui le réalisent

    Par Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods April 25, 2018

    Cómo una ciudad de Brasil ha utilizado el teatro y la canción para popularizar el reciclaje, y a los trabajadores y trabajadoras pobres que lo realizan

    Por Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods April 23, 2018

    Local Governments Should Prioritize Health and Safety for Informal Workers

    The deadly factory fire at Rana Plaza five years ago this week sparked global outrage about workers’ safety. The incident in Bangladesh prompted...

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    Livelihoods April 17, 2018

    How One Brazilian City Used Theater and Song to Popularize Recycling – and the Poor Workers Behind It

    Brazil has been a global trailblazer when it comes to integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems. But its progressive policies...

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    Livelihoods April 09, 2018

    In a Thai Cooperative, Home-based Workers Share Business Tips and Work

     By Carlin CarrAt a bustling Bangkok market, vendor Aurapin Sakvichit happily greets customers interested in her wares: pink dresses, designer-style...

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