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

All posts in Africa

  • 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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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Wiego in the World: Africa

    This document reviews WIEGO’s work in Africa, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building and advocacy. It also...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 — The Domestic Workers’ Convention

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Informal Economy Platform of Issues

    African regional workshop held in Lusaka from 17 – 19 October 2001, convened by the Workers Education Association of Zambia

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  • Report

    Organising Street Vendors in Liberia: Workshop Report

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  • Report

    Report of the Launch of the African Domestic Workers Network

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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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  • 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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  • 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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