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.
Labor Day in Malawi
On 1 May each year, the world remembers all people who are working on different works and in different places in the day called Labour’s Day.
May Day 2022: Workers in Informal Employment Demand Action So That No One is Left Behind
We, organizations of workers in informal employment across the world, call on governments at all levels to partner with us on relief. Informal work accounts for more than 61% of all global employment – some two billion workers – and in developing countries, we make up 90% of total employment. Governments need to take note: […]
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 […]
Representing informal economy workers is not an act of terrorism!
StreetNet addresses a letter to the President of El Salvador demanding the release of comrade Johnny Douglas Rivera from our affiliated organization FESTIVES
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 […]
Офіційна заява StreetNet про вторгнення в Україну
24 лютого 2022 року Росія розпочала повномасштабне вторгнення в Україну, розпочавши атаки в кількох українських містах на стратегічні військові підрозділи та аеропорти. 25 лютого російські війська бомбардували столицю України – Київ. Цей акт війни має руйнівні наслідки для всіх українців, а також для всього світу, особливо в той час, коли країни вже борються з економічною […]
StreetNet official statement on the invasion of Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launching rocket attacks in several Ukrainian cities to target strategic military units and airports. On February 25, Russian troops bombed and entered the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. This act of war has devastating consequences for all Ukrainians, but also for the world at large, […]
