All posts in Ghana
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Stories/Case Studies
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.
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Legal Instruments
TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Sensitization Workshop for Street Vendors Held On Tuesday, 3 September 2014 at the TUC Conference Hall, Accra
This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact the work of street vendors,
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Toolkits and Guides
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues
According to the website, “the Informal City Dialogues is a year-long project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted...
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Legal Instruments
TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Stakeholders’ Policy Dialogue with Magistrates Held on 12 December 2013 at Cleaver House, Accra
This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact the work of s
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31
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Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Street Vendor Evictions in Accra, Ghana
- January 31, 2018
Accra, Ghana
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17
2016
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,...
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Organization
Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association of Ghana (IHVAG)
The Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association of Ghana (IHVAG) was formed in 2003, and registered in 2005. It was formerly called StreetNet...
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Access to Public Space January 22, 2019Strategies for Street Vendors to Create “Public Space for All”
By Jenna Harvey “I want to see an eviction-free city. I want to see them [street vendors] having a right to the city, where no government,...
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Livelihoods January 22, 2019Créer un « espace public pour tous » : stratégies utiles à l’intention des vendeurs et vendeuses de rue
Par Jenna Harvey « Je veux voir une ville sans expulsions. Je veux les voir [vendeurs de rue] jouir du droit à la ville, où aucun gouvernement,...
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Livelihoods July 18, 2018Informal workers and taxes: What “tax justice” looks like from below
A growing tax justice movement has been exposing the shadowy ways in which elites and large trans-national corporations often avoid paying...
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