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

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  • Journal Articles

    When men do women’s work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, GhanaThe Journal of Modern African Studies

    Abstract: Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of...

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  • Journal Articles

    Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria

    An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...

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  • Research Reports

    “The Poor Also Must Live!” Market Demolition, Gentrification and the Quest for Survival in Lagos State

    Report on demolition of traditional open markets, as part of the State government programme to develop Lagos into a “mega city”. This...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 3

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Domestic Workers Count Too: Implementing Protections for Domestic Workers: ITUC/UN Women Briefing Kit

    Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Towards Inclusion of South African Domestic Workers Under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

    This paper situates protection

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Waste Management Workers: The South African Experience

    This booklet describes how workers and employers have organized in South Africa’s waste management sector. The booklet is based on research...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Durban Street Trading By-laws, 1995

    This document outlines the by laws that govern street trading in Durban.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Mangaung Local Municipality Street Trading By-laws

    This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mangaung Municipality in the Free State.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Queenstown By-law for the Supervision and Control of Street Vendors, Pedlars and Hawkers, 2000.

    This doucment contains the by-law that was promulgated to facilitate the carrying on of Street Vending, Peddling and Hawking in Queenstown. ...

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