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  • Advocacy Materials

    Panorama de la situación de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México: Recomendaciones para una ciudad más inclusiva

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris’ Inflatable Bag Monsters

    Using only tape and garbage bags, Harris creates giant inflatable animals that become animated when fastened to a sidewalk grate.

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Lawrence Street Vendors Administrative Policy, 2003

    This document contains the licensing requirements for Street Vendors in Lawrence.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Direct Sellers Act

    This Act regulates door to door selling and requires that such vendors get licenses and has rules about direct sales contracts including...

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  • Presentations

    Peru OHS Coordination

    OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos

    Recicla Ourinhos é uma cooperativa onde um número 80 de membros é contratado pelo município para fornecer serviços de coleta, avaliação,...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Nohra Padilla: 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, Colombia

    Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Federico Parra (Colombia) – Recognition of the ‘Recicladores’ as Public Managers of Waste in Colombia

    The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    WIEGO’s Focal Cities Work in Lima

    Implementing several of WIEGO’s initiatives in two cities – Lima, capital of Peru, in South America, and Accra, capital of Ghana,...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Resolución de Superintendencia No 245-2008/SUNAT: Facilitan la declaración y/o pago de las contribuciones a la seguridad social de los empleadores de trabajadores del hogar.

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