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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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  • Toolkits and Guides

    San Francisco Cart Project

    About SFCP, from their website:

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: UN HLP Report Presentation to Secretary-General

    Full webcast of UN HLP Report Presentation to the Secretary-General event at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Street Vending Regulations in New York City- an-Overview

    This pamphlet provides an overview of Street Vending Regulations in New York City.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Maquila Solidarity Network Website

    The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women’s rights organization that supports the efforts of workers in global supply...

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  • Presentations

    Encuesta Nacional sobre Condiciones de Vida ENCOVI-2000

    Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Bolivia 5th country to Ratify Domestic Workers Convention C189

    Video describing the ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, C189, in Bolivia, April 2013. This video is in Spanish with English...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Federico Parra (Colombia) – Recognition of the ‘Recicladores’ as Public Managers of Waste in Colombia

    The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    WIEGO’s Focal Cities Work in Lima

    Implementing several of WIEGO’s initiatives in two cities – Lima, capital of Peru, in South America, and Accra, capital of Ghana,...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Resolución de Superintendencia No 245-2008/SUNAT: Facilitan la declaración y/o pago de las contribuciones a la seguridad social de los empleadores de trabajadores del hogar.

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