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Women Leaders

Español Français For International Women's Day, WIEGO amplified the voices of women leaders whose organizations stepped up to provide relief when governments failed to do enough during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are their stories. Marcelina Bautista , founder of the Center for Support and Training...

Mujeres líderes

English Français Para el Día Internacional de las Mujeres, WIEGO reunió las voces de mujeres líderes cuyas organizaciones dieron un paso al frente para brindar ayuda cuando los gobiernos no hicieron lo suficiente durante la pandemia de la COVID-19. Estas son sus historias. Marcelina Bautista...

Les femmes dirigeantes

English Español Pour la Journée internationale des femmes, la voix des femmes dirigeantes a été intensifié par WIEGO dont les organisations se sont mobilisées pour apporter des secours lorsque les gouvernements ne sont pas intervenus suffisament pendant la pandémie COVID-19. Voici leurs histoires...

Romilla Chetty, la première femme de sa famille à diriger l'entreprise de vente en Afrique du Sud

English Español Romilla Chetty — une commerçante de troisième génération à Warwick Junction, à Durban, la première femme de sa famille à diriger l’entreprise — est une activiste attachée aux droits des vendeuse·eur·s aussi bien de marché que de rue. Pour elle, sa communauté de commerçant·e·s est «...

Romilla Chetty, la primera mujer de su familia en dirigir el negocio de comercio ambulante en Sudáfrica

English Français Romilla Chetty, una comerciante de tercera generación del mercado de Warwick Junction, Durban, y la primera mujer de su familia en dirigir el negocio, es una defensora de los derechos de los comerciantes y los vendedores y vendedoras ambulantes. Considera a su comunidad de...

Home as Workplace

For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage spaces for groups of workers who work mainly outside the home, including street vendors and waste pickers, as well as carpenters and masons. The homes-cum...

Renu, a Vendor Leader in Bangkok, Thailand

ภาษาไทย Renu is the leader of the Muubaan Nakila Service Cooperative, which is active in her housing estate in Bangkok. Along with other leaders, she supports vendors and their families by helping distribute food relief, facilitating access to medical services, negotiating with local government on...

STREET VENDORS: Essential Goods and Urgent Needs

Pandemic adds to informal vendors' challenges Street vendors, market traders and market porters provide necessary goods and services, especially to those who must buy life’s necessities in very small quantities at affordable prices. Those who sell food—both fresh food and prepared food—are an...

COVID-19 and the World’s Two Billion Informal Economy Workers

A WIEGO Network Global Solidarity Platform May 1, 2020 Platform (PDF) Download WhatsApp version and headers for Facebook and Twitter here Español Français Hindi Kiswahili Português русский Informal economy workers’ organizations across the global economy call on governments at all levels to partner...

Romilla Chetty, the first woman in her family to run the vendor business in South Africa

Español Français Romilla Chetty—a third-generation trader in Durban’s Warwick Junction and the first woman in her family to run the business—is an advocate for the rights of market traders and street vendors. She sees her trading community as “one big family” and has served as the secretary for the...