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Learn more about how street vendors are organizing to resist oppression ⤵️ bit.ly/3Cjqj0w 3/3

🏢 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. 2/3

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; 1/3

🌍✨ 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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Here are some actions and reasons why governments need to ensure the right to health for all, shared by @christybraham @WIEGOGLOBAL Workers' Health Coordinator youtube.com/shorts/pNxo6Pj…

💬 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 👉 bit.ly/40xa2xX

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 ⤵️

🌆 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.

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:hnsa.org.in/resource/mappi…

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: ow.ly/Alsc50UGopv

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. 👉 spoti.fi/3A19VAh

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:shorturl.at/r5ulf 🎙️

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: bit.ly/49wZRwl

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: bit.ly/4fkf2vp

¿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 bit.ly/3W7I1K1

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: ow.ly/9s7Y50UyJRH

👉 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: bit.ly/49wZRwl 2/2

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. 1/2