Region: Africa

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Ngalo Buwereza Organization (NBO) National Workshop

• February 5, 2023 - February 7, 2023
• Kampala Kolping Hotel
  Kampala, Uganda

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

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)...

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...

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...