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Livelihoods February 03, 2017Worker’s Story: Sizakele Ncube’s new sewing machine brings both improved income and new worries
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring technologies used by informal workers to improve their productivity and some of the challenges...
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Livelihoods January 27, 2017Estrategias para la negociación colectiva exitosa
Las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras* en empleo informal necesitan solidaridad, claridad y responsabilidad para conseguir victorias...
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Livelihoods January 27, 2017Tecnología en la base de la pirámide económica: ¿Qué impide que llegue a los trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal?
Por Kendra Hughes
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Livelihoods January 27, 2017‘No necesitas Facebook para saber cómo recolectar residuos’
Tecnología e innovación en la base de la pirámide económica Nisha tiene 19 años y pasa sus días encorvada sobre una pequeña tabla en el...
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Livelihoods January 16, 2017Strategies for Successful Collective Negotiations
Informal worker organizations need solidarity, clarity and accountability to record bargaining wins It might be surprising to learn that...
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Livelihoods January 05, 2017Technology at the bottom of the economic pyramid: What’s inhibiting uptake by informal workers?
By Kendra Hughes
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Livelihoods December 21, 2016‘You don’t need Facebook to tell you how to pick waste’
Technology and innovation at the base of the economic pyramid Nisha is nineteen years old and spends her days hunched over a small board...
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Livelihoods December 14, 2016Los derechos de los recicladores y las recicladoras de Ciudad de México son reconocidos por la Comisión de Derechos Humanos
En agosto de 2016, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal (CDHDF) publicó por primera vez una Recomendación sobre el servicio...
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Livelihoods December 07, 2016Mexico City’s Waste Pickers Gain Support of City’s Human Rights Commission
In August 2016, Mexico City’s Commission on Human Rights (CDHDF) issued the first-ever recommendation on waste management service to...
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Livelihoods December 05, 2016Bangkok home-based workers find strength in numbers
Down a small alleyway off of a busy Bangkok road, a residential workshop the size of a small corner store rarely stops humming. The workers,...
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