Region: Ghana

WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Zulu)

This summary, in Zulu, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

Elements of an Employment Framework for Poverty Reduction in Ghana

A report of a joint ILO/UNDP mission

Health and Sanitation is an Economic Right as Well–Just Ask Ghanaian Food Sellers

WIEGO Researcher Laura Alfers investigates the chop bar owners of Accra. Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat them for diseases borne...

VIDEO: Makola Market Vendors on the Challenge of Fires

Vendors of the Makola Market purchased fire extinguishers to be able to react quickly to fires in the market.

IEMS: La Investigación-Acción Lleva y Resultados Concretos

Accra: Waste Picker Health & Safety

Waste pickers from Accra, Ghana, were surveyed to understand the main occupational health challenges and hazards they face. In total, 119...

Cleaning Up the Workplace: Occupational Health & Safety in Ghana

Occupational Health and Safety is rarely considered in relation to informal sector workers, whose working conditions are largely invisible...

Limpando o local de trabalho: saúde e segurança do trabalho em Gana

VIDEO: Kayayei March – Accra, December 2016

This is a video of an appreciation march by Kayayei’s on the promise that was made to them by the NPP (New Patriotic Party) to abolish...

A case study from Ghana of good practice in developing OHS for informal workers

Presented at the ICOH International Conference on Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises, Accra, Ghana, 18-21 October, 2011.