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

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    SETU Africa Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 6

    This issue includes:News from SETU Africa including– Exposure visit of SEWA team to Tanzania– Ethiopian delegates visit to SEWA...

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Sensitization Workshop for Street Vendors Held On Tuesday, 3 September 2014 at the TUC Conference Hall, Accra

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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    IIED Newsletter: Artisanal and small-scale mining, January 23, 2017

    This newsletter from the International Institute for Environment and Development includes information about IIED’s artisanal and small-scale...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ghana Case Law on Street Vending in Accra, Ghana

    Summary of key court cases impacting street vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Votre trousse d’outils sur la C189 de l’OIT ‒ la Convention sur les travailleuses et travailleurs domestiques

    WIEGO et la FITD ont fait équipe pour élaborer cette trousse d’outils afin de soutenir les affiliées de la FITD dans leurs efforts de traduire...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Street Trading in South Africa – Organizing Workers

    Through their experiences of organizing in the markets of Durban, leaders of the growing movement of street vendors have gained greater confidence...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    African Centre for Cities

    The African Centre for Cities (ACC) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on quality scholarship regarding the...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Johannesburg Street Traders Halt Operation Clean Sweep

    In October 2013, law enforcement officers of the City of Johannesburg forcibly evicted over 6,000 street traders from a 24-block area in...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant

    Francie Lund from WIEGO presented “The Southern African model: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant”...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Durban’s Informal Economy Policy, 2001

    This policy document was written to serve as a guide for the management and suport of workers in the informal economy in the city of Durban...

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