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

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from a Sensitization Workshop for Domestic Workers Held on Friday 5 September 2014 at the YWCA Conference Centre, Accra

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

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  • Legal Instruments

    Domestic Workers (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

    This document contains regulations made by the Minister under section 94 of the Employment Relations Act and outlines amendments to renumeration...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Position Statement: People’s Action towards Implementing STR & revitalizing SNCs in SADC

    This declaration was adopted by the informal cross-border trade workshop from 17 – 19 August 2017.

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  • Presentations

    The Msunduzi Municipality, City of Pietermaritzburg

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

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Health Access for Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa: Xolisile’s Story

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  • Project Reports

    Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

    “Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of uMhlathuze: Allocation of Market Stalls Policy Document, 2008

    “The policy document outlines the procedures for the allocation of Market Stalls in Umhlathuze, and aims to provide both business and...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Kwa Zulu Natal Green Paper Policy for Informal Economy, 2006.

    This document contains the green paper for informal economy in KZN, which was drafted to give an idea of the general ideas that would inform...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Nelson Mandela Bay FIFA World Cup, South Africa By-laws, 2010

    This document contains the by-laws adopted by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Labour Relations Act, 1995

    To advance economic development, social justice, labour peace and the democratisation of the workplace by fulfilling the primary objects...

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