Inspiring Workers: Annie Diouf
Annie Diouf is currently a member of StreetNet’s Executive Committee. She holds the position of Treasurer, which should not be surprising considering that Annie is an experienced accountant who turned to the informal economy to support her family. She then flourished as an accomplished leader of women street vendors in Senegal.
Crowdfunding for women street vendors in Rwanda: Challenges & Lessons Learned
StreetNet is currently developing a capacity-building crowdfunding pilot project, in which several of our affiliates are learning how to build an effective campaign and support their membership. Jeanette Nyiramasengesho is one of the participants of the project, representing the Syndicat des Travailleurs Indépendants de l’Économie Informelle ), in Rwanda. Their campaign was focused on supporting […]
3 things you should know about violence against women street vendors – and how to combat it
On December 7, 2020, StreetNet organized a live Facebook webinar about the importance of ratifying the Convention 190 of the International Labor Organization on Violence and Harassment. This landmark international instrument has rallied organizations of women workers all over the world through the hashtag #RatifyC190, but for many its relevance for women informal workers, and […]
Inspiring Workers: Alberto Santana
Alberto Santana currently holds the position of StreetNet’s Vice-President. A life-long labor rights activist, he is passionate about social protection inclusive of informal economy workers and fostering the participation of young people in the trade union movement.
Tribute to an unforgettable comrade, Fundile Jalile
– from Pat Horn, Senior Advisor, StreetNet International It is with great sadness that we learnt of the untimely passing of Fundile Johnson Jalile on 29 November 2020.
Collective Struggle: the foundation of StreetNet International
Collective Struggle is a new article series by StreetNet International which aims to share and highlight the numerous ways street vendors, hawkers, cross-border traders and other informal economy workers have come together to enact change and fight for their rights. In anticipation of the International Day of Street Vendors November 14, we chatted with StreetNet’s […]
Why invest in online workers’ education?
Education has always been one of the pillars of StreetNet’s action. Although nothing can quite replace face-to-face interaction, the current pandemic is forcing many organizations to move their training programs online. In the case of StreetNet, online workers’ education was always on the horizon. As a global alliance of informal traders represented in 56 countries, […]
What COVID-19 teaches us about the Right to the City of street vendors?
October 31, officially known as UN World Cities Day, has been re-interpreted by activist across the globe as the World Day for the Right to the City. To mark that important date, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and its members have developed a series of initiatives and campaigns, known as […]
Inspiring Workers: Lorraine Sibanda
Lorraine Sibanda, also known as Lorraine Ndlovu, is the first women President of StreetNet International. Being the first woman leader in an organization is not news for Lorraine – she has been a trade unionist since her early twenties, and she tore down boundaries for women everywhere she went. A kind of superwoman with a […]
6 months of pandemic: StreetNet’s response to COVID-19
When 2020 started, informal traders all over the world had no way of knowing this year would put their resilience, determination, and solidarity to a more challenging test they could hardly imagine, despite their lives always being in danger. Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world, leading to crippling social and economic problems […]
