What COVID-19 teaches us about the Right to the City of street vendors?
October 31, officially known as UN World Cities Day, has been re-interpreted by activist across the globe as the World Day for the Right to the City. To mark that important date, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and its members have developed a series of initiatives and campaigns, known as […]
Inspiring Workers: Lorraine Sibanda
Lorraine Sibanda, also known as Lorraine Ndlovu, is the first women President of StreetNet International. Being the first woman leader in an organization is not news for Lorraine – she has been a trade unionist since her early twenties, and she tore down boundaries for women everywhere she went. A kind of superwoman with a […]
6 months of pandemic: StreetNet’s response to COVID-19
When 2020 started, informal traders all over the world had no way of knowing this year would put their resilience, determination, and solidarity to a more challenging test they could hardly imagine, despite their lives always being in danger. Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world, leading to crippling social and economic problems […]
Country Snapshot: India’s loan scheme for street vendors
In June 2020, the Indian government launched the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi scheme (or PM SVANidhi Scheme, for short), funded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The goal of this scheme, according to Prime-Minister Modi, to promote the holistic development and economic upliftment of street vendors. Amar Kharate, StreetNet International organizer […]
Country Snapshot: The basic emergency income policy in Brazil
On July 16, Maíra Vannuchi, organizer for the Americas for StreetNet International, presented a case study of the implementation of basic emergency income policy in Brazil in a side event organized by Global Platform for the Right to the City, during the High Level Political Forum 2020. The event was called “Fulfilling SDG11 & the […]
Informal traders are not criminals: stop police violence in Zimbabwe!
You can also listen to an audio version of this article in our podcast. Listen here >> Sunday, July 5, was supposed to be just another day for informal traders in Chitungwiza, a suburb in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Informal traders in Zimbabwe always had to struggle with harassment from police officers. Even though most of […]
2 Billion Strong: Recovery Starts with Us!
Informal economy workers of the world are united calling for a transformation of the model of work, stating: “The economy cannot recover without us!”. Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Network Global Solidarity Platform is an alliance of informal traders, home-based workers, domestic workers and waste pickers. On May 1, 2020 we issued […]
Women’s leadership, COVID-19 and informal economy workers
Oksana Abboud, the International Coordinator of StreetNet International, participated in the Cities Alliance webinar “Learning from Cities to Advance Gender Equality—The new EU Gender Action Plan in light of COVID-19”, on June 26, 2020, to share how membership-based organizations of informal economy workers can promote women’s rights in urban spaces, drawing on the experience of […]
STREETNET INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19
Impact of the pandemic on the street/market vendors and all informal traders The COVID-19, a global catastrophe and emergency brought huge challenges not only related to the health of the whole world population but also economic decrease and livelihood troubles which require fast and proper solutions from the consolidated actions of governments and all stakeholders, […]
14th of November: International Day of Street Vendors!
The 14th of November is the day when us street vendors from all around the world celebrate our struggle and strength. As we get here to celebrate the international street vendors day, there is the need to push for the ratification of the ILO convention 190 on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the […]
