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    Livelihoods August 29, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods August 17, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods August 09, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods July 25, 2016

    Implementando la Nueva Agenda Urbana

    Cómo pueden los gobiernos locales y nacionales 

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    Livelihoods July 25, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods July 21, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods July 21, 2016

    ¿Reciclaje inclusivo con recicladoras y recicladores en Medellín?

    Por Federico Parra y Olga Abizaid Recientemente, Medellín ha sido alabada como una ciudad modelo en materia de desarrollo urbano. En  los...

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    Livelihoods July 13, 2016

    “Be Safe With Us”: How Durban Market Traders Collaborated with Officials to Improve Workplace Safety

    By Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods July 04, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods June 17, 2016

    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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