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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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