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In these stories, workers allow you a look into their day-to-day lives: their contributions and accomplishments, the people and forces shaping their work and livelihoods, and the importance of their organizations as they fight for improved working conditions.
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Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, member of the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil
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Romilla Chetty, the first woman in her family to run the vendor business in South Africa
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Zarina, a Home-Based Worker who helps stranded migrant workers in Delhi
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Hopes Go Up in Smoke: A Migrant Street Trader in Durban, South Africa
For immigrant street traders in Durban, life was hard and lean before COVID-19. When South Africa imposed a strict lockdown in response to...
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Hungry: A Migrant Domestic Worker in Cape Town, South Africa
Hunger during South Africa’s early COVID-19 lockdown was widespread among domestic workers. A domestic worker from Zimbabwe, who lives in...
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The Art of Recovery: A Johannesburg Reclaimer’s Story
Ernestine Mohloboli, a former artist who now makes a living collecting waste in Johannesburg, has long been a proponent of organizing reclaimers....
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Sewing the Seams: Cape Town Homeworkers Pull Together as COVID-19 Halts Earnings
Homeworkers in the garment industry are the most vulnerable and exploited link in the supply chain and Cape Town homeworker Chevonne Jacobs...
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Undeterred in the Face of a Crisis: Profile of a Market Trader in Durban, South Africa
A determined advocate in the struggle for traders’ rights, Romilla Chetty was desperate to get her trading stalls at Durban’s Warwick Junction...
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View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....
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Rebuilding Lives in Resettlements: The Story of Savita Ben
Malavika Narayan
July 2020
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In a room full of strangers, Savita ben starts to tell her story, her voice strong,...
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