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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Street vending gets city OK. Trinidad Express Newspapers (30 March 2014) by Camille Bethel. INDIA. Must bring in reforms in police structure: Rahul Gandhi. Firstpost (30 March 2014). KUWAIT. Hawkers, Residency Law Violators Among 102 Detained. Arab Times (29 March 2014). NEPAL. Govt ignored us, say street vendors. Kathmandu Post (26 March […]
"Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy" Africa Regional Consultation Workshop – A way forward for Informal workers
The African Regional Consultation Workshop was held on the 13 -14 March at the COSATU house in Johannesburg. The intention of the workshop was to prepare informal workers on the discussions that will take place at the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in May-June this year. The workshop was organised […]
Miranda Mandaria discusses women`s rights in informal sector of Georgia
Ms. Miranda Mandaria, the chairwoman of Self-Employed and Commercial workers union and GTUC Woman Network Coordinator, Eter Matureli discuss women`s rights in the program “geography of labor”. They talk about the difference between the public sector employed woman and their labor rights and the informal sector employed woman labor rights. Although the changes which were […]
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EGYPT. The Street Vendors’ Capital. Asharq Al-Awsatt (2 March 2014) by Moataz Abdel Moneim. INDONESIA. Street vendor relocation back to square one. Jakarta Post (1 March 2014). INDIA. The Street Vendors Bill. Opportunities and Challenges. EPW (28 February 2014) by Nita Mathur. KENYA. Kenya: Hawkers to Be Resettled in Three Major Markets. All Africa (28 […]
Solidarity with members FUTRAND, Venezuela
Message from StreetNet President – Oscar Silva To all members of our affiliate in Venezuela, we express our solidarity with FUTRAND at this difficult time. Through the experiences collected from our sector worldwide, we know that street vendors and market vendors are often between "two fires" and they are the most vulnerable to situations of […]
The CSA statement on the situation of violence in Venezuela
The Trade Union Confederation of Workers of the Americas (CSA), in light of the climate of violence in recent days in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, expresses the following: 1. We condemn the spiral of violence and regret the deaths and injuries caused during demonstrations and other scenarios in which the conflict has escalated. We […]
Celebration of International Women’s Day
"Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity… If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is infinitely superior to man… If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women…" Mahatma Ghandi StreetNet International President, Oscar Silva, greets women of the organisation and all working women in […]
International Women’s Day – March 8
History of Women’s Day What is the origin of this International Women’s Day on March 8th? It is a day in which the defence of women’s rights is raised and in which we publicly assert those rights more strongly than ever. Woman’s Day has been celebrated since the early twentieth century; more than a day […]
The path full of struggles for the Trade Union of Self-Employed Workers in Georgia
Georgia (country in the Caucasus situated at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe) In April of 2013, the Gori (city in eastern Georgia) region’s attorney at law, Kakha Kalmakhelidze informed the Trade Union of Self Employed and Commercial Sector Workers of Georgia – affiliated to the Georgian Trade Unions Confederation (GTUC) – that […]
