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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Meet the Divine Cocoa Farmers

    From the website: Behind the widely-recognised Fairtrade logo, is the human reality of what Fairtrade is doing. People buy Fairtrade food...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter June 20 2014

    This issue includes information about a LEDNA research paper by Stephen Kofi Diko, “Right to the City: Promoting Local Economic Development...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Bulletin LEDNA 5 mars 2015

    Éditions supplémentaires du bulletin LEDNA sont disponibles en anglais et en français. Le site de LEDNA est disponible ici.

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    SETU Africa Newsletter – Jan 2016

    In this issue: – Workshop with the African High Commissioners and senior representatives of some African embassies in New Delhi –...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ghanzi District Council Hawking and Street Vending by-laws

    These by-laws regulate hawking and street vending in the Ghanzi Distrcit of Botswana.

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  • Legal Instruments

    African Commission on Human and People’s Rights- Social and Economic Rights Action Center and the Center for Economic and Social Rights v Nigeria (155/96)

    /*–>*/ /*–>*/ This Court case concerned the violation of the right to livelihood of the Ogini people by the Nigerian Government....

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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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  • Advocacy Materials

    Domestic Workers Count Too: Implementing Protections for Domestic Workers: ITUC/UN Women Briefing Kit

    Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Domestic Worker Manual – South Africa

    This manual was developed to help domestic workers to understand their rights and to develop strategies for protecting and advancing those...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Empowering Market Traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa

    This impact case study gives a preview of the work done under WIEGO’s Inclusive Cities project with market traders in Durban’s...

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