Africa

Report of the Launch of the African Domestic Workers Network

Consultation on Public Space and Inclusive Management of Street Trade

• March 29, 2018

Dakar, Senegal

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

• January 31, 2018

Accra, Ghana

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...

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...

FES-Zambia, WIEGO/ITUC- Africa/ALRN Rights-Based Social Protection Workshop

• October 8, 2018 - October 10, 2018

Lusaka, Zambia   “Social protection is about providing for those in society unable to provide for themselves, the poor, the incapacitated,...

Informal Economy Workers Meet Political Parties in Ghana

• August 17, 2016
• Accra, Ghana

Accra, Ghana Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage Associations of informal economy met representatives of major Ghanaian political parties,...

Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy

• March 13, 2014 - March 14, 2014

This event, supported by WIEGO, took place March 2014, in Johannesburg, South Africa   “Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy” Africa...

Habitat III Regional Meeting in Africa

• February 22, 2016 - February 26, 2016
• Abuja, Nigeria

WIEGO’s Victoria Okoye attended the Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. This meeting provided a platform to debate regional...

Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop

• June 21, 2015 - June 23, 2015

The goal of the Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop was to determine the future direction of WIEGO’s Child Care Initiative. Through...