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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 08, 2020

    Ne pas nuire aux travailleuse·eur·s : pourquoi le harcèlement des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel nuit à la santé publique et à la reprise économique

    Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Mexico fournissent de la nourriture à un prix abordable, dans des endroits en plein air, aux populations souffrant...

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  • Los Rafidos campaign for waste pickers in Mexico City Project

    Los Rifados de la Basura Campaign 

    In Mexico City, thousands of people work daily keeping the city clean, collecting waste from residents and recycling reusable materials....

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  • Newspaper vendor Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 07, 2020

    Informal workers on the frontlines of COVID-19: Providing critical services without adequate protections and pay

    Although many informal workers are now considered to be “essential workers,” that was not always the case. Before the crisis, ongoing harassment...

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  • Newspaper vendor Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 07, 2020

    Esenciales pero desprotegidos: las trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal durante la crisis

    Actualmente, a muchas personas trabajadoras en empleo informal se las considera “esenciales”, pero ese no siempre ha sido el caso. Antes...

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  • Newspaper vendor Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 07, 2020

    Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel sur le front de la COVID-19 : Fournir des services essentiels sans protection ni rémunération adéquates

    Même si plusieurs travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel sont aujourd’hui considéré·e·s comme des « travailleuse·eur·s essentiel·le·s »,...

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  • Domestic workers at the International Labour Conference in Geneva Post

    Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won

    In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...

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  • News
    Legal Empowerment September 22, 2019

    Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers

    On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Markets: Street Vendors in Mexico City.Habitat International

    The central question this article addresses is: What are the functions of street vendor organizations? The study of street vending in Mexico...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Design for Shoeshiners in CDMX – Team 3

    Designs prepared for Mexico City Shoe Shiner’s Union by a group of design students from Mexico City’s IberoAmerican University.  ...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Diseño para aseadores CDMX – Equipo 5

    Diseños producidos por clase de diseño integral de la Universidad Iberoamericana (CDMX).

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