Region: Africa

Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 29 2013

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

Report from 2011 Consultation with Head Porters (Kayayei) in Ghana

Weekly LEDNA Newsletter April 11 2014

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

Udadisi – Stop Violence Against Domestic Workers

This blog post is by Leila Sheikh, a journalist who writes about domestic workers and violence against them.

TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Stakeholders’ Policy Dialogue Held on Tuesday 3 December 2013 at Cleaver House, Accra

This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact the work of street vendors, kayayei (headload...

Univers des femmes RTG

L’invitée Asmaou Bah Doukoure présidente du Réseau des travailleurs domestiques.

Abuja Municipal Area Council By Law, 2002

This document contains the 2002 Abuja Municipal Area Council’s by-laws relating to the prohibition of street hawking, sanitation, restaurants...

The Inner Thekwini Regeneration and Urban Management Programme (iTRUMP): Warwick Junction Experience

Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

AeT – Workplace safety with informal workers: Be safe with us

This blog post, about The Phephanathi Project, is written by Laura Alfers and Tasmi Quazi.

Global Labour Column – Power and Classification: Casual Workers Struggles in the South African Post Office

In this article, David Dickinson focuses on the struggles against exploitation by casual workers in the South African Post Office (SAPO)....