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 […]
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INDIA. Street vendors on indefinite strike. TNN (16 February 2014). INDIA. Woman vendors to press for passage of Street Vendors Bill. Zee News (16 February 2014). INDIA. Congress workers detained for protests. TNN (15 February 2014). CAMBODIA. The wisdom of street vendors. The Advisor Cambodia (14 February 2014). MALAWI. Malawi: BCC Plans to Summon Asian […]
Indian parliament passes Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill
New Delhi – More than ten million urban street vendors found sufficient reason to cheer with the upper house of Indian parliament passing the much-awaited Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha last year. After the assent of the president, it would be […]
South African Business licensing bill Progress Update
The South African Traders Alliance and StreetNet International are part of a Task Team of the Department of Trade and Industries to determine the feasibility of this bill and to recommend a way forward. The bill of 18 March 2013 has been withdrawn and work is in progress to develop a new or revised bill. […]
Ukrainian trade union leader, Valentyna Korobka assaulted
StreetNet International expresses their concern about Ukrainian leader, Sister Valentyna Korobka who has on a number of occasions been assaulted verbally and physically due to her active civic position and trade union activity in Ukraine. Last Friday, 7 February 2014, an unknown male attacked Valentyna Korobka, who is the Chairwoman of the Free trade union […]
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INDIA. Rahul meets street vendors, says he’ll empower them. CNN-IBN (2 February 2014). INDIA. Survey on street vendors in Haryana. Press Trust of India (2 February 2014). USA. Street Vendors Protest Being Booted from NFL’s Super Bowl Blvd. DNAInfo New York (1 February 2014) by Tanay Warerkar. PHILIPPINES. Estrada replaces Divisoria’s ‘source of corruption’ with […]
Overview of SEWA in Madhya Pradesh and their activities
Self – Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) MP has been working in Madhya Pradesh since 1985, and has been recently working in 19 districts of state with more than 6 lakh unorganised sector woman workers. They are working with construction workers, street vendors, home based workers (beedi rollers, agarbatti rollers, garment workers etc.), forest workers, agricultural […]
Trade Union Supports the Workers Dismissed from "Embawood"
The former workers of the furniture salon, Embawood spoke on the company’s illegal practices and protested release from their employment positions through blatant violations of contract conditions and simply firing them without any form of notification. According to Nona Saghareishvili, the lawyer defending the worker’s case, work conditions at Embawood are inhumane and in violation […]
