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

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  • StreetNet International/WIEGO African Regional Social Protection Conference. Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik. 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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  • 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) Thumbnail Jun 05 2023

    111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

    • June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
    • 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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  • Street vendors in Accra, Ghana. Post
    Access to Public Space May 10, 2023

    Uganda’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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  • GSEF Dakar 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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  • Gladys Mponda, Vice President of  the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) Post
    Building Collective Power March 21, 2023

    For 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
    • Kampala Kolping Hotel
      Kampala, Uganda

    Date: Monday, 5 February, 2023Duration: 2 days

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  • Angélique Kipulu Katani, General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC) Democratic Republic of the Congo Post
    Building Collective Power January 04, 2023

    Organizing 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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