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

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  • Aug 12 2015

    SASEWA Planning Evaluation and Leadership Workshop

    • August 12, 2015 - August 13, 2015
    • Durban, South Africa

    In August, 2015  in Durban, South Africa, WIEGO facilitated a planning, evaluation, and leadership workshop for SASEWA leadership and 17...

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  • Aug 19 2017

    Leadership training for Gauteng Province in Johannesburg

    • August 19, 2017 - August 20, 2017
    • Johannesburg, South Africa

    Johannesburg, South Africa   Photo by: Jonathan Torgovnik, Getty Images/Reportage   A leadership training session took place on August 19th...

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  • May 23 2017

    Workshop on the Implementation of ILO Recommendation 204 in South Africa

    • May 23, 2017 - May 25, 2017

    Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Mar 29 2018

    Consultation on Public Space and Inclusive Management of Street Trade

    • March 29, 2018

    Dakar, Senegal

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  • Jan 31 2018

    Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Street Vendor Evictions in Accra, Ghana

    • January 31, 2018

    Accra, Ghana

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  • May 30 2017

    Table ronde sur la prise en charge des travailleuses et travailleurs à Dakar

    • May 30, 2017
    • Dakar, Senegal

    Dakar, Sénégal Une table ronde sur la prise en charge des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’Informel dans les programmes de protection...

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  • Apr 01 2019

    Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities (RWCC) Strategic Planning Meeting and West Africa Waste Pickers Workshop

    • April 1, 2019 - April 5, 2019
    • Dakar, Senegal

    Dakar, Senegal Photo credit: Sonia Dias The Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities Strategic Planning Meeting and the first-ever West African waste...

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  • May 24 2019

    Domestic Workers and C189: Power and Skills to Make it Real

    • May 24, 2019 - May 26, 2019

    The “Domestic Workers and C189: Power and Skills to Make it Real” workshop was held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The event, hosted by WIEGO...

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  • Ntombikayise Gagayi, bovine head cook at Warwick Junction, Durban Post
    Access to Public Space

    For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings

    Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...

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  • Project

    Global Movement of Home-Based Workers

    History of this Movement Home-based workers approached SEWA. We realized that many ’housewives’ are workers, but are invisible – even for...

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