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    Livelihoods October 30, 2015

    Ciudades Inclusivas: ¿Qué hemos aprendido?

    En Bangkok, Samlion Jintapo, lleva una pequeña tienda de verduras desde su hogar. Ella solía suplementar sus ingresos de la tienda vendiendo...

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    Livelihoods October 30, 2015

    Inclusive Cities: What Have We Learned?

    In Bangkok, Samlion Jintapo now runs a small grocery shop from her home. She used to supplement her income from the shop by selling cosmetics...

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    Livelihoods October 28, 2015

    Just Recycling: Changing Minds about Waste Pickers

    Since 2007, WIEGO has worked with waste picker groups around the world that organize and represent people who support themselves by selling...

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    Livelihoods October 22, 2015

    Photo Essay Part II: Hidden Workers in Sunder Nagari

    This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here.When we visited Sunder...

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    Livelihoods October 16, 2015

    Photo Essay Part I: Home as a Place of Work

    This is the first of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part two here.

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    Livelihoods September 22, 2015

    In the Developing World, Waste Can Be a Vital Resource

    This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post as part of the series “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals. Rapid...

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    Livelihoods September 07, 2015

    Where Women are Leaders: Two Global Victories for the Working Poor

    Ela Bhatt is Founder of SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association) and the Founding Chair of WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing...

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    Livelihoods September 07, 2015

    Donde las mujeres son líderes: dos victorias globales de las trabajadoras y trabajadores pobres

    Por Ela Bhatt Fundadora de la Asociación de Mujeres Auto empleadas  (SEWA, por sus siglas en inglés) Presidenta fundadora, WIEGO  (Mujeres...

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    Livelihoods September 04, 2015

    Wither the “Labor” in Labor Day?

    For many of us, the word “informal employment” conjures up images of street vendors, rickshaw drivers, or casual laborers in agriculture—all...

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    Livelihoods August 21, 2015

    Inclusive Growth and the Informal Economy

    There is a growing consensus in the international community that economic growth needs to be inclusive: that it needs to be broad-based and...

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