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    Livelihoods February 13, 2017

    Protección de los y las trabajadoras a domicilio tercerizadas en las cadenas mundiales de suministro: evaluación del enfoque centrado en los derechos

    Desde el trágico colapso, en 2013, de los edificios del Rana Plaza en Bangladés, las deficiencias en el respeto de los derechos fundamentales...

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    Livelihoods January 27, 2017

    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 December 05, 2016

    Bangkok home-based workers find strength in numbers

    Down a small alleyway off of a busy Bangkok road, a residential workshop the size of a small corner store rarely stops humming. The workers,...

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    Livelihoods October 28, 2016

    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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    Livelihoods September 21, 2016

    “Our role has been to make the informal economy visible and give it validity”

    Renana Jhabvala discusses the UN Secretary-General’s first-ever High-level Panel (UN HLP) for Women’s Economic EmpowermentRenana Jhabvala...

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    Livelihoods August 31, 2016

    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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    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 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 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

    Commemorating 20 Years of Landmark Convention for Homeworkers

    Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

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