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Inclusive Urban Planning for the Working Poor.

Joined April 2009
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Cheap and cheerful: Street traders undervalued in Asia's cities bit.ly/2HR8O72 @MickSTaylor reports 🍜🥘🍽️ | @CitiesAlliance @IIED @WIEGOGLOBAL @cardiffuni @thisisplace #food #cities #smallbusinesses
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Come one, come all! We are hosting a #publichearing on April 10th, 2018 to discuss ways to improve compliance to the Solid #Waste Management Rules, 2016. Additionally, 10 #wastepickers from the association @safaisena will share their perspectives in brief! facebook.com/events/18209655…
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Juan y María, 30 años trabajando como recicladores de base en Quito. Al igual que ellos, más de 20 mil personas se dedican a este oficio en nuestro país #OrgullosamenteRecicladores #DíaRecicladorEC
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Today is #InternationalWastepickersDay! #Wastepickers put in a lot of effort to collect, segregate & manage waste, which is crucial for environment & society. Take a moment & thank your #wastepicker who works very hard to #reduce, #reuse & #recycle our #waste. #ThankfulThursday
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Informal work practices, weather, seasonality and hazard are some of the challenges the workers in the fishing sector face. See how the ILO fishing convention can help: bit.ly/2EM9uIp
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Podcast: Are Street Vendors a Part of the City of the Future? #WUF9 soundcloud.com/nextcitywuf9/…
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Interested in #Data & how it can inform #policy? You won't want to miss this post - Municipalities are “#Upgrading” #StreetVendors to Roofed #Markets. Is it Really Improving Conditions? Read the example of #Lima #Peru #cityweneed #wuf9 #statistics xitter.gq/WIEGOGLOBAL/status/961…
Many cities attempting to regulate #streetvendors move them out of #publicspace & into roofed markets. New evidence from #Peru suggests this strategy alone does not improve working conditions & earnings: ow.ly/eTaz30ihlmX #informaleconomy #WUF9
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Many informal workers experience negative impacts from evictions - but cities do too! Why #Bangkok's sidewalk clearing campaign affects #foodsecurity, #livelihoods & public safety, not just tourism: ow.ly/N5u930if6um #StopForcedEvictions #WUF9
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Welcome 2018! Are you ready for the next round of #TheCityWeNeed twitter chats? We're starting again next week on 16 January from 2-3 pm Nairobi time with @soniawiego from @WIEGOGLOBAL on #UrbanLivelihoods. All information is available here: ow.ly/5OdB30hJvo4
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How can we make sure that all workers are covered by social protection? ⏳ #EUHaveYourSay until 15 January → europa.eu/!Pt97ht #SocialRights
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The #NewUrbanAgenda calls on states to promote a progressive transition of informal workers & economic units to the formal economy. Here's why govts must start by examining local regulations & how they're enforced ow.ly/8Si730hE411 #informality
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Campaign to create awareness about challenges faced by women traders in EAC launched newtimes.co.rw/section/read/… via @NewTimesRwanda @TradeMarkEastA @FrankMatsaert @markApriest
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Movilizaciones por los derechos de los recicladores en #Colombia [fotos] globalrec.org/es/2017/10/23/…
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How Colombia’s Women #WastePickers Fought for the Right to Recycle - great article by @c_mnoriega in @newsdeeply ow.ly/DKDx30g5Myg
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NEW: #OHS programs designed 4 #informalworkers by informal workers. A look at #Thailand's Local Health Security Fund ow.ly/USbf30fUE6t
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19 OCTUBRE 2017. jornada Nacional de Protesta Gremio Reciclador COLOMBIANO y la cadena popular del Reciclaje, exigiendo el Reciclaje en manos de los recicladores y su permanencia en su trabajo @Ruiz_reciclador – at Las Condes, Chile
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Recicladores y recicladoras de Medellín y Popayán reciben primer pago por servicios públicos de reciclaje disq.us/t/2ulbv8n
Applaud or comment on our entry into the @OpenIDEO challenge securing workplace nursing for informal workers: challenges.openideo.com/chal…
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Can informal employment actually reduce poverty? | WIEGO wiego.org/blog/can-informal-…
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