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  • Jul 24 2017

    Workshop: Quality Public Child Care for all Informal Workers

    • July 24, 2017
    • Mexico City, Mexico

    Mexico City, Mexico In the context of the recent introduction of the “right to care” to the Mexico City Constitution, WIEGO and OXFAM Mexico...

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  • Sep 22 2016

    UN HLP Report Presentation to Secretary-General

    • September 22, 2016

    During the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the UN High-Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment (UN...

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    Building Collective Power September 10, 2019

    En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique

    Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...

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    Building Collective Power September 10, 2019

    In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

    Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

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  • Project

    Global Movement of Home-Based Workers

    History of this Movement Home-based workers approached SEWA. We realized that many ’housewives’ are workers, but are invisible – even for...

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    Victories for Domestic Workers in Mexico City

    Domestic workers in Mexico achieved significant victories and gained profile worldwide in December 2018.

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    Street Vendors in Lima, Peru

    Every formalization process benefits those who have money. The ones who are left behind are the ones who cannot pay. – Gloria Solórzano,...

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  • Project

    Gender and Waste

    A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste...

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  • Project

    Voice & Leadership

    Strengthening the Voice and Leadership of Informal Women Workers Around Social Policy Issues This project built a sustained link between...

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    Peru

    OHS Project in PeruIn Lima, the OHS project’s team – Anita Luján and her colleagues from the Consorcio por la Salud, Ambiente y Desarollo...

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