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Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association of Ghana (IHVAG)
The Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association of Ghana (IHVAG) was formed in 2003, and registered in 2005. It was formerly called StreetNet...
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Access to Public Space January 22, 2019Strategies for Street Vendors to Create “Public Space for All”
By Jenna Harvey “I want to see an eviction-free city. I want to see them [street vendors] having a right to the city, where no government,...
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Livelihoods January 22, 2019Créer un « espace public pour tous » : stratégies utiles à l’intention des vendeurs et vendeuses de rue
Par Jenna Harvey « Je veux voir une ville sans expulsions. Je veux les voir [vendeurs de rue] jouir du droit à la ville, où aucun gouvernement,...
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Livelihoods July 18, 2018Informal workers and taxes: What “tax justice” looks like from below
A growing tax justice movement has been exposing the shadowy ways in which elites and large trans-national corporations often avoid paying...
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Livelihoods May 08, 2018“Take away these tolls”: How Accra’s poorest market workers got their wages back
By Carlin CarrAccra’s colorful, bustling markets run on the back-breaking labour of some of the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Goods...
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Livelihoods January 26, 2018From Lima to Bangkok, WIEGO Lays Out Strategy to Improve Conditions of Informal Workers in Six Target Cities
By Jenna Harvey It is morning rush hour in Bangkok and moto-taxi drivers ferry hurried commuters through stalled traffic. In Mexico City,...
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Livelihoods December 11, 2017Cobertura 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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Livelihoods January 27, 2017Estrategias 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 October 28, 2016Five 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 August 31, 2016Child 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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