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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Nohra Padilla, Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Domestic Workers Count Too: Implementing Protections for Domestic Workers: ITUC/UN Women Briefing Kit

    Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights

    Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of New York, with links to multilingual resource pages

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  • Legal Instruments

    Protection of Domestic Workers From Harassment Under the NYS Human Rights Law

    This pamphlet provides the relevant information concernig the protection of Domestic Workers from harassment

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  • Presentations

    Studies in “Non-Standard” Employment in Canada

    Presentation for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University ...

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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

    Acceptance Speech by Nohra Padilla, 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony

    Acceptance speech by Nohra Padilla, who won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Bogota’s marginalized waste pickers...

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    A gestão antiperspirante: rumo à pobreza inodora, incolor e insípida

    A Gestão Antiperspirante: Rumo à pobreza inodora, incolor e insípida Para Luciana Itikawa   Antiperspirante é a substância que inibe a saída...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    El Trabajo de Ciudades Focales de WIEGO en Lima

    La implementación de varias iniciativas de WIEGO en dos ciudades – Lima, capital de Perú, en América del Sur, y Accra, capital de Ghana,...

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