Breaking New Ground in Liberia
by Pat Horn, StreetNet International Coordinator In May 2018 a Strategising Meeting was held with 30 leaders of StreetNet’s Affiliate FEPTIWUL (Federation of Petty Traders & Informal Workers’ Unions of Liberia) in Monrovia and Paynesville with the objective of analysing the effectiveness of a previous MoU signed between NAPETUL (as FEPTIWUL was known in 2014) […]
Presidential Jobs Summit – from the perspective of workers in the informal economy
By Pat Horn, StreetNet International Coordinator Lead-up to Jobs Summit In his State of the Nation address in February 2018, the new President of South Africa, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that a Jobs Summit would be convened as soon as possible to address the problems of joblessness and unemployment in South Africa. With regard to […]
Negotiations Skills Course for workers of informal economy in Honduras
By Maira Vannuchi and Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organizers On 17- 21 September a five-day Negotiations skills training course took place in San Pedro Sula city (Honduras) for the StreetNet Affiliate FOTSSIEH (Federación de Organizacionesdel Sector Social y Informal de la Economia de Honduras). This slideshow requires JavaScript. The Training was organized in partnership with the […]
Bangladesh Affiliate from field visit lenses
By Amar Kharate, StreetNet Trainee Organizer Organisations that works for informal economy workers’ rights are very needed in today’s world. Labour at Informal Economy (LaIE) in Bangladesh, is a membership-based umbrella organisation, which includes four types of informal economy workers and street vendor is one of it. LaIE consists of 7 executive committee members 5 […]
The Federation of Petty Traders and Informal Workers Union of Liberia – FEPTIWUL celebrates its new achievement
By Sibailly Douhour, StreetNet Organizer On September 27th, 2018 FEPTIWUL, StreetNet’s affiliate in Liberia, represented by Comfort Dorion, Chairlady, signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Monrovia City Corporation, MCC. This agreement is the second after the first one which was signed in 2014. This time FEPTIWUL leaders and members were prepared as they […]
FAINATRASIT holds its Ordinary Congress
by Sibailly Douhouré, StreetNet Organizer The General Assembly of FAINATRASIT (StreetNet affiliate from Togo) took place on August 27th, 2018 in Lomé city under the following theme: The Informal Economy and the Transition towards the Formality: the Role of FAINATRASIT. 61 Delegates, 44 of whom – women from 19 Organisations affiliated to FAINATRASIT (out of […]
A Journey Towards Empowering Women Street Vendors
by Amar Kharate, StreetNet Organiser According to ILO (2012), an estimated 83 per cent of Cambodian workers worked in the informal sector in 2008. As in many other countries, data on informal workers in Cambodia is not up-to-date, though it is clear the street vendor sector is increasing daily. StreetNet, in collaboration with the Solidarity […]
Informal economy in Mozambique as a determining part of the country’s development
by Maira Vannuchi, StreetNet Organizer On July 27 and 28, the StreetNet International organizer for the Americas and the Portuguese-speaking African countries, Maíra Vannuchi, made a field visit to the StreetNet affiliate organization in Mozambique, the Informal Economy Association of Mozambique – Aeimo. Vice-President Albertina Simango and the National Executive Secretary Armindo Chembane received the […]
We say goodbye to comrade Eugenio Rodriguez of Honduras
With great sadness, StreetNet International informs its members about the death of comrade Eugenio Rodriguez, leader of the Honduran organization FOTSSIEH and coordinator of the focal point of the Americas region. On our part, we wish our deepest condolences to the FOTSSIEH, to his struggle partners and to Eugenio’s family. Eugenio dedicated himself to SNI’s […]
Strategic Planning and Moving Further
by Pat Horn, StreetNet International Coordinator After the Fifth StreetNet International Congress in India in 2016, the newly-elected members of the StreetNet international Council underwent leadership training in January 2017, followed by the first meeting of the International Council. The Council started work on a new strategic plan for StreetNet based on the following four […]
