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  • Legal Instruments

    Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor: Consolidating the Gains Peru

    This report summarizes the activities of Phase 2 of the Legal Empowerment project in Lima, Peru.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ernestina de la IDWF sobre el empoderamiento de las mujeres

    Ernestina Ochoa de la Federacion Internacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar (IDWF) explica la importancia del empoderamiento de las mujeres...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Labour (Keeping of Records) Regulations, 1986 (Belize)

    The regulation outlines the information required to be kept by every employer pursuant, in respect of every worker employed by him

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  • Legal Instruments

    Peru Ordenanza No 857: Regulan autorización municipal vinculados al funcionamiento de Lima, Perú 2005

    Ordenanza No 857: Regulan autorización municipal vinculados al funcionamiento de Lima, Perú 2005

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Design for Shoeshiners in CDMX – Team 2

    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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  • 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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  • Audiovisual Materials

    LifttheCaps on NYC street vendors!

    This video explains the Street Vendor Project’s campaign for more permits for food vendors — and why they are needed. More information...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Urban Justice Center- Street Vendor Project

    This pamphlet assists street vendors in identifying if their trading spot and trading surfaces comply with New York City regulations.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Sidney Street Vending Policy, 2005

    This document outlines the policy and procedures for street vending in the town of Sidney.

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