Inspiring Workers: Alberto Santana
Alberto Santana currently holds the position of StreetNet’s Vice-President. A life-long labor rights activist, he is passionate about social protection inclusive of informal economy workers and fostering the participation of young people in the trade union movement.
Tribute to an unforgettable comrade, Fundile Jalile
– from Pat Horn, Senior Advisor, StreetNet International It is with great sadness that we learnt of the untimely passing of Fundile Johnson Jalile on 29 November 2020.
Collective Struggle: the foundation of StreetNet International
Collective Struggle is a new article series by StreetNet International which aims to share and highlight the numerous ways street vendors, hawkers, cross-border traders and other informal economy workers have come together to enact change and fight for their rights. In anticipation of the International Day of Street Vendors November 14, we chatted with StreetNet’s […]
Why invest in online workers’ education?
Education has always been one of the pillars of StreetNet’s action. Although nothing can quite replace face-to-face interaction, the current pandemic is forcing many organizations to move their training programs online. In the case of StreetNet, online workers’ education was always on the horizon. As a global alliance of informal traders represented in 56 countries, […]
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 […]
