Adding Informal Workers’ Voices to the New Urban Agenda
Last month in Nairobi, 700 participants gathered at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing...
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Sumando las voces de los trabajadores en la economía informal a la nueva agenda urbana
El mes pasado se reunieron en Nairobi 700 personas en la Segunda Sesión del Comité Preparatorio de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas...
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What the Rana Plaza Disaster Taught Us about Worker Safety Everywhere
The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 revealed the deathly factory conditions of garment workers, many of whom were stitching for...
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Six Myths about Informal Economy Statistics
Myths abound in the field of informal employment statistics—from ‘there are none’ to ‘they don’t tell us anything.’ Here are answers to some...
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Seis mitos sobre las estadísticas de la economía informal
Los mitos abundan en el campo de las estadísticas de la economía informal y van desde nociones de “no hay estadística alguna”, hasta “las...
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Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...
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