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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Bâtir un Dakar plus inclusif et plus prospère : Recommandations reçues des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel

      This report is also available in English

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  • Domestic worker in Joburg, South Africa Post
    Statistics November 05, 2019

    City-level statistical snapshots for South Africa and Thailand available for the first time

    WIEGO’s Statistics Programme is launching a new set of Statistical Briefs that provide key indicators of informal employment and key...

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  • Nov 10 2019

    Global Health at the Frontline-Community Health Worker Level

    • November 10, 2019
    • Women's Leadership in Global Health Conference
      Kigali, Rwanda

    This panel at the Women’s Leadership in Global Health Conference, 2019, gave essential frontline health workers—who are usually women...

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  • Woman working at Mbeubeuss landfill, Dakar News
    SSE and Cooperatives October 07, 2019

    Project to help improve working conditions for Mbeubeuss waste pickers

    WIEGO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a joint initiative to work with waste pickers at Mbeubeuss, the largest...

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  • Resource Documents

    Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

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  • Resource Document 13 Resource Documents

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis for Lilongwe City in Malawi – Resource Document 13

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  • Dakar street vendor Post
    Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019

    In Dakar, lawyers experience informal workers’ daily lives and rethink policy

    Policymaking that impacts informal workers rarely comes with first-hand knowledge of their lives and needs. A new initiative in Dakar, Senegal,...

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  • Dakar street vendor Post
    Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019

    Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques

    Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...

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  • News
    Fiscal Justice September 26, 2019

    OpEd: South Africa’s Informal Sector Creates Jobs

    WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner wrote an OpEd in The Conversation shedding light on the realities of South Africa’s...

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  • Budget Brief 8 Budget Briefs

    Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi

    In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the...

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