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The Impact of Harassment on Informal Economy Workers in Zimbabwe

In March 2025, the Zimbabwean government issued an ultimatum: the street vendors had to be removed from the streets. But through their union they continue to stand up for their right to a dignified living, free from violence.
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Health at the market: the silent struggle of Guinean market vendors

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StreetNet International condemns the murder of a street vendor by police in Brazil

April 13, 2025 - During an operation against street vendors in the Brás neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil, police officers shot Senegalese street vendor Ngange Mbaye as he was trying to protect his goods from being confiscated.

Release comrade Chea Chantha: independent trade unionist have a right of freedom of expression!

StreetNet, being a global alliance of street vendors and informal economy workers, urges the charges against comrade Chea Chantha to be dismissed and for the Cambodian government to stop criminalisation of independent trade unionists and labor activists.

Austerity policies, political instability and repression damage the most vulnerable

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Why a just transition can’t leave women workers behind

Devex / Forge, November 2024

“Llévele, llévele”, hoy se celebra el Día Internacional de los Vendedores Ambulantes

La Prensa, November 2024

International Vendors’ Day: Union celebrates street, market vendors

District news, Nigeria, October 2024

Women workers leading to end gender-based violence and harassment at work

Devex, June 2024

Kathmandu’s street vendors continue to fight for a dignified livelihood

Equal Times, July 2024

Encuentro Regional de StreetNet Internacional: vendedores ambulantes de las Américas se reunirán en Bogotá.

LATAM Gremial, July 2024.

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