In Accra, since 2010, WIEGO has been supporting a local network of workers’ organizations representing street vendors, market traders, waste pickers and kayayei (female head porters) to secure increased rights and protections and supportive policies.
This booklet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Accra, Ghana. It draws on exploratory research conducted with kayayei (headporters), market traders, street...
Read MoreWe coordinate and support action research, statistical and budget analysis, and good-practice documentation to ensure workers have a strong evidence base to support their advocacy.
We build capacity and organizational strength through skills training, leadership development, coaching and overall support to membership-based organizations of workers in informal employment in areas they identify as priorities.
We walk alongside workers organizations to co-create innovative proposals for policy change, drawing on both lived experiences and technical knowledge of their sectors. We bring together workers’ organizations and allies in advocacy efforts to engage government and other stakeholders on these proposals and fight for reforms.
WIEGO does groundbreaking statistical work to help policymakers and workers understand the size and characteristics of the informal economy in cities across the world.
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Workers in informal employment in Greater Accra
Of total employment in Greater Accra is informal
of women’s employment in Greater Accra is informal, while 79% of men’s employment is informal
