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

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Enhancing Africa’s Trade Union Capacity by Promoting Gender Equality Module 3: Gender & the Informal Economy

    This manual was produced by the ILO and Organisation for African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), as part of their Gender Project for African Trade...

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  • Presentations

    Consultation sur la gestion de l’espace public

    Présentation de la consultation sur l’espace public à Dakar, Senegal.

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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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  • Legal Instruments

    Mandeni Municipality Street Trading By-laws, 2005

    This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mandeni Municipality.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Pixley-Ka-Seme Local Municipality Street Trading By-laws.

    This document contains the by-laws that govern street traders activities in Pixley-Ka-Seme municipality.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    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...

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