SNI Regional Meeting in Tanzania
From May 3rd-5th, StreetNet affiliates of Eastern and Southern Africa came together in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, for their first regional meeting after the start of COVID-19 pandemic. It was hosted by TUICO, StreetNet affiliate in Tanzania, and resulted in three productive days of discussion, planning and building solidarity.
How organized street vendors are contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals
Street vendors and other informal traders are often stigmatized and criminalized due to their work and disproportionately impacted by global issues such as inequality and climate change. However, they have an important role to play in reaching sustainable development goals and are already positively impacting their communities and fostering sustainable change.
World Street Vendors: Economic Engine of our Cities, Continue to Battle for the Streets, with Little Access to Covid-19 Recovery Measures.
To understand the impact of the pandemic on street vendors around the world, over 600 international, national and local news articles published between July 2020 and November 2021 were analyzed. While in some places street vendors were recognized as essential service providers, they have continued to experience harassment in the form of violence, evictions and […]
Using instant messaging to empower women negotiators in the world of work
From August to November 2021, under the leadership of Oksana Abboud, International Coordinator of StreetNet International, Senior Advisor Pat Horn and Organizer for West and Central Africa, Evelyn Benjamin-Sampson, facilitated a course for women negotiators members of our affiliate organization SLeTU, based in Sierra Leone. StreetNet has developed a curriculum for negotiation courses for a […]
International Women’s Day in Malawi
On 8th March every year, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day (IWD) in which they commemorate the life of every single woman around the world. During this day, women around the world gather in different places to celebrate the victory of their existence. In an interview, some women in Malawi expressed their views on […]
Inspiring workers: Iryna Jaskevich
Iryna Jaskevich is the fearless chairwoman and leader of VMESTE (a word that can be translated as “together”), a trade union from Belarus representing self-employed market and street vendors. As for the last congress of StreetNet, she has been elected member of the International Council. Iryna lives and fights in Belarus, a country whose political […]
Collective struggle: LIE (Bangladesh)
A few weeks ago, we had a chat with Repon Chowdhury, chairperson of LIE (Labour of Informal Economy), StreetNet’s affiliate from Bangladesh, who told us about the history, achievements and the current struggles of its organisation. LIE representatives have been involved with StreetNet since our foundation in 2002. Since then, street vendors from Bangladesh have […]
All you need to know about informal cross-border trade
Informal cross-border traders are extremely important for national economies, especially in Africa, but they suffer from extortion, harassment and violence. Read the key findings and testimonies of a StreetNet-led project for the rights of informal cross-border traders to know how we can change this situation!
Message from Oksana Abboud, StreetNet International Coordinator
StreetNet International can proudly finish the year of 2021 and move to a new 2022 with a lot of inspiration, encouragement and plans to continue promotion of street vendors’ rights and interests globally! We advanced so much at all levels in supporting and strengthening StreetNet Affiliates throughout the year, building their confidence and empowering women […]
“Legal clothes, illegal people” – how a cooperative of street vendors is fostering social change in Barcelona
On October 2021, a StreetNet delegation composed by International Coordinator Oksana Abboud and Media Officer Margarida Teixeira traveled to Barcelona, Spain to discover the innovative cooperative – Top Manta – and association of migrant street vendors –Manteros– and to understand the struggles of informal traders in the city.
