Region: Africa

Kuapa Kokoo — Best of the Best

From the website:”Kuapa Kokoo seeks to develop itself into a formidable farmer-based organisation capable of mobilising quality cocoa...

Développer le Leadership et les Compétences en Affaires chez les Travailleuses Informelles du Commerce Équitable

African Urbanism

African Urbanism was created by Victoria Okoye, WIEGO’s Urban Advocacy Specialist. It is an urban-focused online initiative exploring...

SETU Africa Newsletter – April 2016

This issue includes an article about WIEGO team members’ visit to SEWA in India to learn more about SEWA and about the SETU Africa...

Botswana Kgalagadi District Council Hawking and Street Vending by laws

Botswana Kgalagadi District Council Hawking and Street Vending by laws.

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....

eThekwini’s Informal Economy Policy

Approved and adopted by the Durban Unicity Council

The Launch of ‘Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’

Reflections on the launch of  Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’ exhibition, a project by the Smithsonian-Cooper Hewitt, National Design...

Informal Workers’ Access to Healthcare

This 10-minute video by WIEGO and partners, Asiye eTafuleni(AeT) in South Africa; HomeNet Thailand; and the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

“Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...