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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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    Livelihoods

    Creating “cities for all” requires more than one-size-fits-all regulation

    Study shows informal workers in the Global South perceive regulations as being both positive and negativeFrom street vending permits to permissions...

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    Livelihoods

    Cobertura sanitaria universal: una perspectiva del trabajador en empleo informal

    La atención sanitaria es un tema candente en todo el mundo. La Cobertura sanitaria universal (CSU) se ha convertido en un estandarte para...

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    Building Collective Power

    Trabajadoras y trabajadores a domicilio de América Latina celebran la puesta en marcha de una nueva organización regional

    Los y las trabajadoras a domicilio de América Latina han dado un importante paso con la creación de un frente unido que luche por su visibilidad...

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    Livelihoods

    What’s the legal recourse for street vendor evictions?

    WIEGO’s law team discusses how administrative law can empower and protect informal workers in urban public spaces

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    Livelihoods

    Joburg’s Reclaimers Win Important First Victory in Fight Against Privatization

    On July 13, hundreds of Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers (known locally as “reclaimers”) — men and women who have been collecting, separating,...

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    Gender and Waste Project

    Photo Essay: Inside Efforts to Strengthen Leadership among Women Waste Pickers

    WIEGO’s Organizing and Representation Programme and Urban Policies Programme works with waste picker organizations in South Africa and Brazil...

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    Livelihoods

    Can informal employment actually reduce poverty?

    Findings from South Africa suggest that supporting informal employment could help countries reach development goals by Mike Rogan &...

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    Livelihoods

    Worker’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

    Estrategias 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

    Tecnología 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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