Inspiring Workers: Jamaladdin Ismayilov
Jamaladdin Ismayilov, also known as Jamal, is the current StreetNet International Secretary. From his youth as an informal economy worker to becoming a trade unionist advocating for street and market vendors’ rights, Jamal has always remained a devoted family man with strong work ethics.
Luta Coletiva: UNICAB (Brasil)
“Enfrentar, resistir e persistir” A União Nacional de Trabalhadores e Trabalhadores Camelôs, Ambulantes e Feirantes do Brasil– UNICAB foi fundade em julho de 2015, depois de vários anos de luta de diversos militantes em várias cidades brasileiras. Para percebermos como a organização foi criada e de que forma impulsionou a luta dos vendedores ambulantes no […]
Collective Struggle: UNICAB (Brazil)
“To confront, to resist and to persist” The National Union of Hawkers, Street and Market Vendor Workers of Brazil – UNICAB was founded in July of 2015, after many years of struggle led by diverse activists in several Brazilian cities. To understand how the organization was created and how it boosted the struggle of street […]
StreetNet celebrates International Women’s Day 2021!
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Inspiring Workers: Angélique Kipulu Katani
Angélique Kipulu Katani is a current Member-Auditor of the StreetNet’s Executive Committee. She emerged as an accomplished women leader in the trade union movement and a fierce advocate for women’s rights in her home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond. Her main priority now is the defense of the rights of […]
Crowdfunding for women street vendors and their families in Ghana: challenges and lessons learned
Deborah Freeman is the current General Secretary of the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA), affiliated to StreetNet International. Along with her colleague Eric, she was one of the participants of the capacity-building crowdfunding pilot project. They developed the online crowdfunding campaign “Save the lives of women informal workers & their children: Support 1000 women […]
Sierra Leone Traders Union [SLeTU]: Using organizational structures to organize, inform and educate informal traders to respond to the coronavirus crisis
A conversation with Aaron A. Boima, National Secretary-General By: Vanessa Pillay (WIEGO)
Inspiring Workers: Annie Diouf
Annie Diouf is currently a member of StreetNet’s Executive Committee. She holds the position of Treasurer, which should not be surprising considering that Annie is an experienced accountant who turned to the informal economy to support her family. She then flourished as an accomplished leader of women street vendors in Senegal.
Crowdfunding for women street vendors in Rwanda: Challenges & Lessons Learned
StreetNet is currently developing a capacity-building crowdfunding pilot project, in which several of our affiliates are learning how to build an effective campaign and support their membership. Jeanette Nyiramasengesho is one of the participants of the project, representing the Syndicat des Travailleurs Indépendants de l’Économie Informelle ), in Rwanda. Their campaign was focused on supporting […]
3 things you should know about violence against women street vendors – and how to combat it
On December 7, 2020, StreetNet organized a live Facebook webinar about the importance of ratifying the Convention 190 of the International Labor Organization on Violence and Harassment. This landmark international instrument has rallied organizations of women workers all over the world through the hashtag #RatifyC190, but for many its relevance for women informal workers, and […]
