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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

    Informal Workers’ Access to Healthcare

    This 10-minute video by WIEGO and partners, Asiye eTafuleni(AeT) in South Africa; HomeNet Thailand; and the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

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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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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Cleaning Up the Workplace: Occupational Health & Safety in Ghana

    Occupational Health and Safety is rarely considered in relation to informal sector workers, whose working conditions are largely invisible...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Récupération en Afrique, Volume 1.1

      Also available in English here.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter July 10 2013

    Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project – Results from Legal Consultation Workshop

    Results of a strategy session on identifying and addressing laws impacting informal economy workers in Ghana

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