NewsBox, 18 – 31 August 2014
EGYPT. Government outfits kiosks for street vendors to transform them into small merchants: PM. Daily News Egypt (30 August 2014) by Mohamed Ayyad. BANGLADESH. The tale of street vendors. Financial Express (30 August 2014) by Ahemed Shamim Ansary. INDIA. Draft policy for street vendors. TNN (28 August 2014). EGYPT. Egypt PM meets street vendor representatives. […]
NewsBox, 4 – 17 August 2014
INDONESIA. Eviction of street vendors, squatters sparks strong protest. The Jakarta Post (16 August 2014) by Dewanti A. Wardhani USA. Students Developed the Street Cart of the Future, and Their Ideas Are Awesome. Motherboard (15 August 2014) by Nadja Sayej INDIA. Street Vendors on Warpath for Licence, ID Cards. New Indian Express (15 August 2014) […]
Call for solidarity for Street Vendors in Lima, Peru
SADC People’s Summit – Zimbabwe
Informal Economy Platform The Southern Africa Crossboarder Traders Association (SACBTA), Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA), who also represents informal traders in the SADC Region under Streetnet International, National Crossboarder and Domestic Traders Association (NCBDTA), Habbakuk Trust participated in the SADC People’s Summit on the 15-16 August 2014 at Bulawayo Harare, Zimbabwe Preamble: Workers […]
Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act in force, but vendors live in fear
NEW DELHI – India: A policeman enjoying golgappas on a TV commercial and paying the vendor caught the attention of many. Two reasons the policeman didn’t evict the street vendor, and he even paid him. The ad, which was about passing of the Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act by the Congress […]
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INDIA. MCG to verify data on street vendors’ survey. The Times of India (3 August 2014). UGANDA. KCCA councillors reject Usafi deal. New Vision (2 August 2014) by Brian Mayanja. New Vision (2 August 2014) by Brian Mayanja. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Burgeoning traffic in Chaguanas. Guardian (3 August 2014) by Charles Kong Soo. Guardian (3 […]
National Women’s Day – South Africa
"If you strike a woman, you strike a rock" Every year on the 9th August, Women’s Day is celebrated in South Africa. It is a public holiday that has been established to pay homage to the women of our nation and those who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government. On 9 August […]
Report on the Seminar held in Togo on the capacity building of the Trade Union Leaders of Fainatrasit from 22 to 23 July 2014
Recruitment and Organising Young Workers in the Informal Economy The organiser of StreetNet in Africa Sibailly Douhouré visited Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria from the 2nd to 26th July. During his first stay in Togo, from July 7th to July 9th, Sibailly Douhouré met the leaders of FAINATRASIT, an affiliate of StreetNet in Togo to […]
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ZIMBABWE. Zimbabwe now a country of vendors. Nehanda Radio (20 July 2014) by Tendai Kamhungira. THAILAND. Street vendors gradually move out of Ratchadamnoen Road. Pattaya Mail (18 July 2014). ZAMBIA. Kabwe Council Pounces on Street Vendors. Times of Zambia (18 July 2014) by Kasonde Kasonde. HINDONESIA. ow Jokowi Helps Jakarta’s Street Vendors. Huff Post (17 […]
Seminar held to raise awareness about labour rights in the informal Economy
On the 10-11 July, the Self-Employed and Commercial Sector Workers union conducted training based on ‘’employed women in the informal sector of labor market’’. The seminar was supported by International organisation ‘’StreetNet’’. It attended by women who are employed in the informal Economy from Zugdidi, Batumi, Telavi, Kutaisi and Tbilisi. The seminar was led by […]