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Region: Africa

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

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Makola Market Vendors on the Challenge of Fires

    Vendors of the Makola Market purchased fire extinguishers to be able to react quickly to fires in the market.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    A case study from Ghana of good practice in developing OHS for informal workers

    Presented at the ICOH International Conference on Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises, Accra, Ghana, 18-21 October, 2011.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Bulletin Hebdo LEDNA 31 mai 2013

    Bulletin électronique de LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa). Sujets abordés:   L’Afrique et les grands émergents Les...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter October 9 2013

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative Enterprise

    From the website: Gumutindo is an organisation of smallholder coffee farmers who produce washed arabica coffee for the specialty coffee market....

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter June 26 2014

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    African Urbanism

    African Urbanism was created by Victoria Okoye, WIEGO’s Urban Advocacy Specialist. It is an urban-focused online initiative exploring...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    SETU Africa Newsletter – April 2016

    This issue includes an article about WIEGO team members’ visit to SEWA in India to learn more about SEWA and about the SETU Africa...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Botswana Kgalagadi District Council Hawking and Street Vending by laws

    Botswana Kgalagadi District Council Hawking and Street Vending by laws.

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  • Legal Instruments

    African Commission on Human and People’s Rights- Social and Economic Rights Action Center and the Center for Economic and Social Rights v Nigeria (155/96)

    /*–>*/ /*–>*/ This Court case concerned the violation of the right to livelihood of the Ogini people by the Nigerian Government....

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