Region: Africa

Leading the Fight for Legitimacy: Malawi Union for the Informal Sector – MUFIS

When the global economic downturn’s impact on the informal workers in Malawi went unreported and unrecognized, the Malawi Union for the Informal...

Waste Picking in Africa, Volume 1.1

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Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 14 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 Domestic Workers in Ghana

Weekly LEDNA Newsletter 4 April 2014

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

SETU Africa Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 4

This issue includes:

Charter for a Street-Trading Friendly African City: Steps that African Mayors can take to embrace inclusive and sustainable street trading management

Informal trading is a prevalent reality in African cities, still marked by high degree of poverty, unemployment and inequality, and affected...

Position Statement from the Women Cross Border Traders Forum on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Regional Trade Policy and the Tripartite Free Trade Area Policy Framework

We, the Women representatives of Informal Cross Border Trader’s Associations (ICBTs) drawn from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,...

Wiego in the World: Africa

This document reviews WIEGO’s work in Africa, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building and advocacy. It also...

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 — The Domestic Workers’ Convention