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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter May 16 2014

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Udadisi – Stop Violence Against Domestic Workers

    This blog post is by Leila Sheikh, a journalist who writes about domestic workers and violence against them.

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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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  • Audiovisual Materials

    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...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2006

    An Act of Parliament to make provision for, the establishment of a council that will facilitate the development of Micro and Small Enterprises ...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Accra: Market, Street Traders & Headload Porter’s Health & Safety

    A survey undertaken in Accra, Ghana, investigated the main occupational health and access to healthcare challenges faced by market traders,...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizando Os Catadores de Recicláveis Em Tshwane, África do Sul: Lições das Experiências “Top Down e Bottom Up” (De cima para Baixo e da Base para Cima)

    Resumo do relatório organização WIEGO 5 (português)

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    StreetNet Newsletter Issue 26

    Contents include: StreetNet Welcomes SEWA during their Field Visit to South Africa

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Domestic Workers: How the law can help you – Poster, South Africa

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    SAFM Radio Interview with Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and South African Wastepicker Representatives

    Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and waste picker represenatives from Johannesburg, South Africa are interviewed on local radio to share their concerns...

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