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

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: WIEGO and Gumutindo: Securing Economic Rights For Informal Women Workers

    This video describes WIEGO’s program “Securing Economic Rights for Informal Women Workers” with Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter June 6 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

    Bulletin LEDNA janvier 2015

    Ce est le premier bulletin de 2015 pour le Réseau pour le Developpement Economique Local en Afrique. Éditions supplémentaires du bulletin...

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Campaign by Street Vendors & Domestic Workers Undertaken on 17 October 2014 in Accra

    This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact t

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  • Legal Instruments

    Employment Relations Act, 2008

    This Act seeks to amend and consolidate the law relating to trade unions, fundamental rights of workers and employers, collective bargaining,...

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  • Legal Instruments

    The Markets and Bus Station Act No. 7 of 2007

    This Act provides for the establishment and regulation of activities within markets and bus stations in Zambia.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences (Hindi)

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 5 (Hindi)

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Melanie Samson (South Africa) – Including the Informal, Transforming the Public: Insights From Innovations in the Waste Sector

    The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Manual for Street Vendors – South Africa

    This manual was developed to help street vendors (informal traders) to understand their rights and to develop strategies for protecting and...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Business Act, 1991

    This Act contains laws regarding the licensing and carrying on of businesses and shop hours in South Africa.

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