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Inclusive Cities Research Report Series Launched.
Inclusive Cities Budget Briefing notes now available. 
Waste Pickers: On the Frontline Against Climate Change. 

Feature Publication

Refusing to be Cast Aside:
Waste Pickers Organising Around the World
Edited by Melanie Samson

This book profiles waste pickers, the organisations and networks that they have formed and the struggles that they are waging in a number of countries

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Feature Article


Financial Crises, the Informal Economy and Workers Unions 
by Renana Jhabvala

The size and significance of the informal economy is tremendous, and in developing regions, the informal economy makes up anywhere from 60-90 per cent of the total workforce. Given that informal workers constitute such a large section of the work force, and that most countries are democratic, with governments being elected on the will of the majority, the real question is why is a system of social protection not already in place?

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Upcoming Events

Feb 3rd, 2010
Working in Warwick Exhibition Opening and Book Launch
Cape Town, South Africa

Feb 3-25, 2010
Working in Warwick Exhibition
Cape Town, South Africa

March 22-26th, 2010
UN-HABITAT.:.
World Urban Forum 5
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19-22 April 2010
Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Right
Cochabamba, Bolivia

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Feature Urban Story


Nohra Padilla - Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor
By Melanie Samson

Nohra was born into a family of recyclers (waste pickers), but when her livelihood was threatened she organized with her fellow recyclers to form a cooperative that struggled to make their voices heard.

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