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    Building Collective Power October 20, 2017

    Latin American Home-based Workers Celebrate Launch of New Regional Organization

    Latin American home-based workers have taken an important step in creating a unified front to fight for their visibility and rights as workers....

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    Livelihoods October 16, 2017

    From blood tests to aerobic dance: Training improves workers’ access to new Thai health fund – and their ideas are inspiring

    Thailand is a global innovator when it comes to health promotion and prevention practices. Its Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system was...

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    Livelihoods March 01, 2017

    La protection des travailleuses et des travailleurs à domicile dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales : évaluation de l’approche fondée sur les droits

    Depuis l’effondrement tragique des bâtiments du Rana Plaza au Bangladesh en 2013, les manquements au travail décent dans les chaînes...

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    Livelihoods February 13, 2017

    Protecting Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: Evaluating The Rights-Based Approach

    Since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza buildings in Bangladesh in 2013, the decent work deficits in global supply chains have enjoyed...

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    Livelihoods February 13, 2017

    Protección de los y las trabajadoras a domicilio tercerizadas en las cadenas mundiales de suministro: evaluación del enfoque centrado en los derechos

    Desde el trágico colapso, en 2013, de los edificios del Rana Plaza en Bangladés, las deficiencias en el respeto de los derechos fundamentales...

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    Livelihoods December 05, 2016

    Bangkok home-based workers find strength in numbers

    Down a small alleyway off of a busy Bangkok road, a residential workshop the size of a small corner store rarely stops humming. The workers,...

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    Livelihoods August 29, 2016

    Achieving decent employment for all requires improving workers’ homes and livelihoods

    WIEGO and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) are co-chairs of the Grassroots Partners Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners,...

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    Livelihoods August 09, 2016

    How home-based workers in Ahmedabad formed a union to improve their lives

    By Carlin Carr In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr...

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    Livelihoods June 17, 2016

    Conmemorando los 20 años de la histórica ley internacional sobre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores a domicilio

    Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

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    Livelihoods June 17, 2016

    Commemorating 20 Years of Landmark Convention for Homeworkers

    Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

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