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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

    South African Informal Traders Forum and Others Versus City of Johannesburg.

    This document outlines the court case between Informal Traders in the inner city of Johannesburg who in October 2013, officers of the City’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, No 32 of 2003

    This Act amends the Unemployment Insurance Act of 2001.

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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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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Waste Picking in Africa, Volume 1.1

      Disponible en français ici.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 14 2013

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Report from 2011 Consultation with Domestic Workers in Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter 4 April 2014

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    SETU Africa Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 4

    This issue includes:

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Charter for a Street-Trading Friendly African City: Steps that African Mayors can take to embrace inclusive and sustainable street trading management

    Informal trading is a prevalent reality in African cities, still marked by high degree of poverty, unemployment and inequality, and affected...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Position Statement from the Women Cross Border Traders Forum on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Regional Trade Policy and the Tripartite Free Trade Area Policy Framework

    We, the Women representatives of Informal Cross Border Trader’s Associations (ICBTs) drawn from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,...

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