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Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing is a global 🌎 network focused on empowering workers in the informal economy & securing their livelihoods

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📍Website : https://t.co/1gWLzybPzL
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Full statement 👉 https://t.co/RGQPfz6A8I

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Learn more about how street vendors are organizing to resist oppression ⤵️
https://t.co/2p19NnYKJn

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WIEGO and @Streetnet1 monitored global street vending trends in 2024:

🔥 Climate change impacts threaten street vendor livelihoods;

🛑 Violent eviction campaigns by high-profile politicians in African cities;

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🏢 Corporations continue to use street vendors as distributors in hard-to-reach markets, but fail to provide support or social protections;

💸 New efforts have been made to limit and tax vendors.

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🌍✨ This week, HNI and @WIEGOGLOBAL are on a mission across the EU to build alliances and advocate for why #HRDD legislation should include informal homeworkers! Their first stop: Berlin. Thank you to everyone who listened to the voices of home-based workers! 🙌 #CSDDD

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@Trevino_Sofia @christybraham 👏

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💬 What is social dialogue, and how can it help include workers in informal employment in #SocialProtection schemes?

Find out more in our latest Social Protection Podcast episode with @cyrusafa, @urasevilla and Jane Barret 👉 https://t.co/D4Xgc8fgWt

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Most cities are designed for the elite.

We cannot build climate-resilient cities without acknowledging & improving the working & living spaces of workers in informal employment ✊

Hear from WIEGO's Asia Strategic Lead and Home-based Workers Sector Specialist, @ShaliniWIEGO ⤵️

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🌆 What does an inclusive city mean for workers in informal employment dealing with the effects of the #ClimateCrisis?

Hear from @SkinnerCaroline on how workers are adapting to extreme weather, what is the role of local authorities and more.

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It is important to ensure that #HomeBasedWorkers' living quarters are safe, comfortable & productive spaces.We ensure this through collaborations with affiliate organisations,assisting #HBWs to access government schemes, housing finance & more. Know more:https://t.co/7ocFx5xkKH

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Con la acción colectiva, las #cooperativas pueden transformar la gestión de residuos de una ciudad y @mteargentina es un gran ejemplo. 🇦🇷✊

Descubre en nuestro blog cómo se han organizado para atender las necesidades de lxs recicladorxs en Buenos Aires: https://t.co/JF2nHZ0i4Q

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In this episode of WIEGO’s Social Protection Podcast, @cyrusafa explores the connection between governance & social protection.

We are joined by Tony Roberts & Gbenga Sesan to discuss concerns and opportunities around digitization.

👉 https://t.co/bcvFReUjFc

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All workers have the right to high-quality, affordable & accessible care services.

The @UTEPOficial & @MTEargentina Centros Infantiles de Recreación y Aprendizaje should be supported!

We speak about the unique model in our Social Protection Podcast:https://t.co/m6Vc9B3YcH 🎙️

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Workers in informal employment are excluded from #LabourLaws altogether or are not completely protected ⚖️

How can we use human rights as a tool in our efforts to extend labour protections to workers in informal employment?

@AllisonCorkery explains: https://t.co/I1u3UHTnfh

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How has technology been used to include workers in informal employment in #SocialProtection systems? 🤔

@phat_controller from @IDS_UK & @ADRNorg and Gbenga Sesan from @ParadigmHQ answer that & other questions in a new podcast episode.

🎙️ Listen now: https://t.co/kxn7tjlX8A

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¿Dónde se origina el argumento de que la protección social propicia más informalidad?👇

Eduardo González & Florian Juergens escriben para @nexosmexico sobre la literatura no probatoria de ese supuesto y sobre la urgencia de proteger a lxs más vulnerables https://t.co/jUSmHV7NaD

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Why can understanding supply chains improve the livelihoods of African #CraftMakers?

Spoiler alert: knowledge & union are power ➡️ power can lead to fairer negotiations for terms of trade or access to markets

✊🏿 Read our blog by @HomeNetInt's Edwin Bett: https://t.co/dfJN7e6GTU

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👉 Learn about ways in which a human rights lens can complement labour laws in the effort to extend labour protections to workers in informal employment: https://t.co/I1u3UHTV4P

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Freedom of association is a fundamental labour right that enables workers to build associational & collective bargaining power✊

By contrast, human rights contain principles such as public participation & civic engagement, that are much broader.

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