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African smallholder farmers fought for the right to organize, and in the 1950s, were finally allowed to promote and register cooperatives for cash crops such as coffee. The Machakos Co-operative Union Ltd. (MCU) was established in the 1960s in Kenya. Its original aim was to market coffee for...
Camarada Albertina Mundlovo is a domestic worker in Maputo, Mozambique. An Indian Ocean port city, Maputo is Mozambique’s largest economic node. Like most domestic workers, Albertina works long days and must struggle for her rights as a worker. This publication is part of the WIEGO Workers' Lives...
Descrição resumida Este “Worker’s Lives” traça um perfil da camarada Albertina Mundlovo - uma líder na luta por justiça para os trabalhadores domésticos em Maputo, Moçambique. Uma cidade portuária no oceano Índico, muito próxima da África do Sul, Maputo é o maior centro econômico de Moçambique e...
The AAPS is "a network of tertiary planning schools drawn from across the continent."
Volume 22, Number 2 This series of newsletters was published by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health .
In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend, social protection to informal workers. Ghana's NHIS may hold important policy lessons for other countries where the informal economy is large and growing, and...
This sectoral determination makes special provision for basic conditions of employment for domestic workers, over and above the general provisions of the BCEA.
Abstract: Despite 40 percent of households relying on household enterprises (non-farm enterprises operated by a single individual or with the help of family members) as an income source, household enterprises are usually ignored in low-income Sub-Saharan-African development strategies. Yet analysis...
Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique of which had far-reaching impacts. Africa’s common man was then a peasant. In this article, the method of his essay is used to structure a review of petty...
Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing themselves have created new collective platforms for social practice and social action in the African city (Lindell Africa's informal workers. Collective...
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Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.