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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

    The Markets and Bus Station Act No. 7 of 2007

    This Act provides for the establishment and regulation of activities within markets and bus stations in Zambia.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Recognizing Waste Pickers

    In many developing countries, high recycling rates (50-80%) can be credited to the informal sector. Johnston Doe explains how waste pickers...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 3

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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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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Towards Inclusion of South African Domestic Workers Under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

    This paper situates protection

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Waste Management Workers: The South African Experience

    This booklet describes how workers and employers have organized in South Africa’s waste management sector. The booklet is based on research...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Durban Street Trading By-laws, 1995

    This document outlines the by laws that govern street trading in Durban.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Mangaung Local Municipality Street Trading By-laws

    This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mangaung Municipality in the Free State.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Queenstown By-law for the Supervision and Control of Street Vendors, Pedlars and Hawkers, 2000.

    This doucment contains the by-law that was promulgated to facilitate the carrying on of Street Vending, Peddling and Hawking in Queenstown. ...

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  • Presentations

    Tanzania Country Presentation

    OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

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