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  • Legal Instruments

    Vancouver Street Vending and Licensing By law for Mobile Ice Cream Vending, Policy Report, 2003

    This report proposes amendments to Street Vending By-law No. 4781 to clarify and strengthen the regulations for the Mobile Ice Cream Vending...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Uruguay Takes the Lead to Protect Domestic Workers

    Providing protection for the world’s millions of domestic workers has taken a major step forward. In April 2012, Uruguay became the...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos

    A partir do site da Centro Gaspar Garcia: O Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos é uma organização ecumênica, não governamental (ONG),...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Ordenanza Municipal para el Comercio Estacionado y Ambulante

    Ordinance governing street vending in Santiago, Chile

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    WIEGO’s Law and Informality Work

    Document in English, French, and Spanish.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Decreto Supremo No 005-2007-TR: Declaran el 30 de marzo como el “Día nacional de los trabajadores y trabajadoras del hogar”

    Decreto supremo Nº 005 sobre la declaración del día 30 de marzo como “Día Nacional de los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras del Hogar,” Marzo 2007. ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ordenanza No 062: Comercio en la vía pública de la Municipalidad de Lima, Perú

    Ordenanza No 062: Comercio en la vía pública de la Municipalidad de Lima, Perú

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    “Women are always the strongest”

    Paola Caviedes Martinez is a single mom concerned with children’s rights, raising children without male role models and the psychological...

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  • Presentations
  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ivaneide Souza on Coaching

    WIEGO’s Sonia Dias and Ivaneide Souza, of Redesol, discuss the importance of coaching for informal workers, especially women.  In Portuguese...

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