Africa

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...

Workshop on the Implementation of ILO Recommendation 204 in South Africa

• May 23, 2017 - May 25, 2017

Johannesburg, South Africa

Consultation on Public Space and Inclusive Management of Street Trade

• March 29, 2018

Dakar, Senegal

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...

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

• January 31, 2018

Accra, Ghana

For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings

Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...

Global Movement of Home-Based Workers

History of this Movement Home-based workers approached SEWA. We realized that many ’housewives’ are workers, but are invisible – even for...

Accra Street Traders Make Their Concerns Heard by Municipal Officials

In March 2013, a Policy Dialogue was held in Accra, Ghana between informal street traders and officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly...

Public Dialogue on Forging a Path towards Recognition and Inclusion of Informal Workers in South Africa

“We’re here to discuss one of the most profound challenges of our time—how to create jobs, how to increase incomes, and how to...

Gumutindo: Growing Toward a New Gender Balance

Halfway up Mount Elgon, a bumpy hour’s drive from the busy centre of Mbale in eastern Uganda, the women meeting at the Konokoy Organic Coffee...