Country Snapshot: India’s loan scheme for street vendors
In June 2020, the Indian government launched the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi scheme (or PM SVANidhi Scheme, for short), funded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The goal of this scheme, according to Prime-Minister Modi, to promote the holistic development and economic upliftment of street vendors. Amar Kharate, StreetNet International organizer […]
Country Snapshot: The basic emergency income policy in Brazil
On July 16, Maíra Vannuchi, organizer for the Americas for StreetNet International, presented a case study of the implementation of basic emergency income policy in Brazil in a side event organized by Global Platform for the Right to the City, during the High Level Political Forum 2020. The event was called “Fulfilling SDG11 & the […]
Informal traders are not criminals: stop police violence in Zimbabwe!
You can also listen to an audio version of this article in our podcast. Listen here >> Sunday, July 5, was supposed to be just another day for informal traders in Chitungwiza, a suburb in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Informal traders in Zimbabwe always had to struggle with harassment from police officers. Even though most of […]
2 Billion Strong: Recovery Starts with Us!
Informal economy workers of the world are united calling for a transformation of the model of work, stating: “The economy cannot recover without us!”. Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Network Global Solidarity Platform is an alliance of informal traders, home-based workers, domestic workers and waste pickers. On May 1, 2020 we issued […]
Women’s leadership, COVID-19 and informal economy workers
Oksana Abboud, the International Coordinator of StreetNet International, participated in the Cities Alliance webinar “Learning from Cities to Advance Gender Equality—The new EU Gender Action Plan in light of COVID-19”, on June 26, 2020, to share how membership-based organizations of informal economy workers can promote women’s rights in urban spaces, drawing on the experience of […]
COVID-19 and the World’s Two Billion Informal Economy Workers
DOWNLOAD THE STATEMENT (PDF) Informal economy workers’ organizations across the global economy call on governments at all levels to partner with us on relief, recovery and resilience efforts that are emerging from the grassroots during this time of unprecedented crisis. Informal Economy Workers Are — and Have Always Been — Essential Workers Street vendors and […]
STREETNET INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19
Impact of the pandemic on the street/market vendors and all informal traders The COVID-19, a global catastrophe and emergency brought huge challenges not only related to the health of the whole world population but also economic decrease and livelihood troubles which require fast and proper solutions from the consolidated actions of governments and all stakeholders, […]
14th of November: International Day of Street Vendors!
The 14th of November is the day when us street vendors from all around the world celebrate our struggle and strength. As we get here to celebrate the international street vendors day, there is the need to push for the ratification of the ILO convention 190 on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the […]
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH IMMIGRANT TRADERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
StreetNet International, representing more than 600 000 members in the sector of street vendors, informal market vendors and hawkers organised in 54 affiliated organisations in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Eastern Europe, expresses its deep concern with the current situation in South Africa where street vendors and informal traders from other neighbour […]
StreetNet position on the “Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work”
108th Session of the International Labour Conference: Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work Position Paper on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work This document is based on the recommendations of the Parallel Commission on “Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work”, which convened during […]
