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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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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Domestic Work Employees – Labor Standards (California)

    Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights for the state of California

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  • Legal Instruments

    A Guide to Street Vending in New York City

    This poster is a guide that outlines the complicated and sometimes unfair rules that govern street vending in New York City.

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  • Presentations

    Studies in “Non-Standard” Employment in Canada

    Presentation for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    First Congress of Latin American Waste Pickers. Managua, February 2012 (Video)

    The Latin American Wastpicker’s movement has grown from 5 to 17 member countries in the last 5 years. United and strong their demand...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Afya na Usalama Katika Maeneo ya Kazi na Kazi za Nyumbani

    (Swahili) 

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Bogotá Res DG-137-07

    Law governing street vendors’ associations in Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Población recicladora en Nicaragua: Una fuerza productiva y ambiental

    WIEGO, UCA y RedNica establecen una alianza para hacer una línea de base de la situación de los miles de recicladores que existen en Nicaragua...

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  • Presentations

    A Gender Perspective on Recycling

    A presentation, made at WIEGO’s 6th General Assembly, that has been piloted in Brazil to help empower women waste pickers. RelatedWIEGO’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ley No 10674: Protección y asistencia en favor de expendedores callejeros de diarios, revistas y billetes de lotería, Perú

    Ley No 10674: Protección y asistencia en favor de expendedores callejeros de diarios, revistas y billetes de lotería, Perú

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