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  • Presentations

    Graduation Speech at Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

    Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA and a founding member of WIEGO, was the speaker at the graduation for the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Should the City of Los Angeles Legalize Street Vending?

    The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ordinance Pertaining to the Regulation of Temporary Vendors Permits in the City of Brookings

    This document outlines the ordinacnes that pertain to the regulation of temporary vendor permits.

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  • Presentations

    OHS Initiative for Informal Workers – The Case Study of Brazil

    OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Occupational Health and Safety & Domestic Work

    This report contains findings from a four-year research project on occupational health and safety (OHS) and informal workers. The report...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion (Numero 3) – Si es Posible

    Este es el tercero producto de las Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion. from christian Mantilla on Vimeo.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Caracterización Socioeconómica y de Salud de Personas Recicladoras (Forma Completa)

    Este documento ofrece una caracterización de las condiciones socioeconómicas y de salud de los recicladores de base en los principales vertederos...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Gênero e Lixo: Repensando Relações de Empoderamento

    Métodos participativos são essenciais tanto para explorar os diversos níveis de subordinação e discriminação que as mulheres catadoras enfrentam,...

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  • Presentations

    Regional Update for Latin America- Global Conference on HBWs 2015

    Presentation from the 2005 Global Conference on Home-Based Workers (HBW) organized by WIEGO and HomeNet South Asia (HNSA).

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Mulheres Catadoras

    Presentation (Portuguese) on the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...

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