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Legal Instruments
Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service
This final rule revises the duties that fall within the term companionship and the major effect is that more domestic service workers will...
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Legal Instruments
Street Vendors Unite: Recommendations for Improving the Regulations on Street Vending in New York City
This paper outlines modest proposals for improving the regulations on street vending in New York City, developed with and on behalf of the...
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Toolkits and Guides
Behance: Hard Life (Paper Collectors)
The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important...
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Advocacy Materials
Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional y Trabajo del Hogar
Este informe contiene los resultados de un proyecto de investigación de cuatro años sobre la salud y seguridad ocupacional (SSO) y los trabajadores...
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Presentations
The Future of the Domestic Workers’ Movement
Speech presented by Dan Gallin at the International Domestic Workers’ Federation, Founding Congress which was held in Montevideo, Uruguay...
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Advocacy Materials
Caracterización Socioeconómica y de Salud de Personas Recicladoras (Versión Amigable)
[Versión Amigable] Este documento presenta de manera sintetizada una caracterización de las condiciones socioeconómicas y de salud de los...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: The Recognition, Promotion and Remuneration of Informal Waste Pickers
This video, by WIEGO’s Federico Parra, describes the situation of informal waste pickers in Bogota, Colombia.
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Legal Instruments
Decreto Supremo 005 91TR: Reconocen al trabajador ambulante la calidad jurídica de trabajador autónomo ambulatorio
Decreto-Supremo 005 91TR: Reconocen al trabajador ambulante la calidad jurídica de trabajador autónomo ambulatorio, Perú.
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Presentations
Mujeres Recicladoras
Spanish language toolkit from the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Jacqueline
This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist. In Spanish with English subtitles. ...
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