Accra

WIEGO Co-hosts Workshop to Chart New Policy Pathways on Taxation & the Informal Economy in Africa

Your Rights and Duties as an Informal Trader

This guide is meant for informal traders in Accra, Ghana. It covers market traders who sell in public markets. It also covers hawkers who...

Accra

Navigating Inflation: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Accra, Ghana

This booklet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Accra, Ghana. It draws on exploratory research...

Guidelines and Standards for Day-Care Centres in and around Markets in Ghana

These guidelines and standards for day-care centres in and around markets in Ghana were developed through the collaborative efforts of a...

Press Release: WIEGO study reveals informal workers in Accra are in crisis with no recovery and no relief: going hungry, earning less than before the pandemic

A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are...

WIEGO Statement: WIEGO calls for an end to forced evictions of informal workers in Accra

WIEGO joins the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) to call upon the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in Accra, Ghana to immediately...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Informal workers in and around Accra’s markets – street vendors, market traders and kayayei – provide affordable goods and services and form...

Ghana: Informal workers demand inclusion in economic recovery, after receiving little relief during Covid-19 crisis

Informal workers demand inclusion in economic recovery, after receiving little relief during Covid-19 crisis The workers call for expanded...

Press Release: Ghana waste pickers say closure threatens survival and demand government support

A decision to close landfills imminently is threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Those...