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Jun 21 2023
StreetNet International/WIEGO African Regional Social Protection Conference
- June 21, 2023 - June 24, 2023
- Lagos, Nigeria
WIEGO and StreetNet International have been collaborating for three years on work on social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. This conference...
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Jun 05 2023
111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)
- June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
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ILO Headquarters
Geneva
111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The...
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Access to Public Space May 10, 2023Uganda’s Constitutional Court Holds Vagrancy Laws Unconstitutional
In a ground-breaking decision for street vendors and other informal workers, the Constitutional Court of Uganda found the country’s vagrancy...
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May 01 2023
WIEGO in the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF)
- May 1, 2023 - May 6, 2023
- Dakar, Sénégal
Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy ILC 110th Session – General discussion on Social and Solidarity...
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Building Collective Power March 21, 2023For an Organization to Move, It Needs Women
In this interview, Gladys Mponda, Vice President of the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS), talks about the value of organizing,...
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Resource Documents
Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...
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Feb 05 2023
Ngalo Buwereza Organization (NBO) National Workshop
- February 5, 2023 - February 7, 2023
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Kampala Kolping Hotel
Kampala, Uganda
Date: Monday, 5 February, 2023Duration: 2 days
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Building Collective Power January 04, 2023Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond
In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...
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Working Papers
Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector
While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence...
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Resource Documents
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana
The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a...
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