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Livelihoods October 16, 2017From 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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Livelihoods October 09, 2017Recicladores 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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Livelihoods October 03, 2017Bangkok’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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Livelihoods September 19, 2017What’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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Livelihoods August 07, 2017The 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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Livelihoods July 31, 2017Joburg’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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Livelihoods May 20, 2017Nothing 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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Livelihoods May 15, 2017In 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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Livelihoods April 21, 2017Who 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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Livelihoods April 21, 2017¿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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