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

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    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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    Technology at the bottom of the economic pyramid: What’s inhibiting uptake by informal workers?

    By Kendra Hughes

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    A Union for All: Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini market vendors join hands with formal workers in model solidarity

    By Carlin Carr

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    Five Case Studies that Illustrate Steps Toward an Inclusive City

    Creating “inclusive cities” is a hot topic right now. Habitat III has just wound up in Quito, Ecuador – the UN’s urban conference that brought...

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    Domestic workers in Johannesburg: Hidden, vulnerable and essential

    By Leslie VryenhoekDomestic workers represent a vast, hidden and essential workforce whose efforts inside private homes allow their employers...

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    Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power

    By Rachel Moussié Women’s economic empowerment is a central feature of development debates today. A key focus is the economic and social...

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

    By Carlin Carr

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    Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services

    The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.

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    Livelihoods

    Cinco trabajadoras en empleo informal comparten sus dificultades para acceder a los servicios de salud

    Las personas pobres enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a los servicios de salud. Sin embargo, las trabajadoras y trabajadores en condiciones...

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