StreetNet Regional Meeting of West and Central Africa in Togo
From 29th July 2024 to 1st August 2024, Streetnet International’s affiliates from West and Central Africa met for a regional meeting in Lome- Togo, hosted by FAINATRASIT( Faîtière Nationale des Travailleurs du Secteur Informel du Togo). The meeting was attended by around forty members of its affiliated from Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Empowering eSwatini’s Informal Economy: A Conversation with CIEAES’ National Coordinator, Mathokoza Sikhondze
The Coalition for Informal Economy Associations in Eswatini (CIEAES) is one of the new affiliates organizations that recently joined StreetNet, officially becoming part of our global alliance in March 2024. It is based on eSwatini, a small country in southern Africa, bordering Mozambique and South Africa. We had a chat with comrade Mathokoza Sikhondze, National […]
Comas’ street vendors are battling against institutional violence in Peru’s capital
The extreme actions of an elected mayor in one of the most populous districts of Lima are denying thousands of street vendors of their basic rights and driving them into poverty. But street vendors are fighting back. The residents of the bustling Chacra Cerro neighborhood in Lima’s Comas district were still celebrating the New Year […]
StreetNet at the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference
We once again amplified the voices of street and market vendors at the International Labour Conference, the highest-level tripartite forum where workers, employers and governments negotiate on and adopt international labour standards.
The Zimbabwean government evicts informal economy workers in a new wave of violence against its citizens
Evictions of informal traders on a mass scale are happening in various provinces. Our affiliate ZCIEA is organizing against this wave of state violence. StreetNet calls for an immediate stop to all evictions and for equitable negotiations.
Organizing and mobilizing informal economy workers in Europe and Central Asia
We organized a regional workshop for our Europe and Central Asia affiliates at the Central National Trade Union (CNSM) Institute of Labour in Chisinau, focused on “Organizing and mobilizing informal economy workers”.
Defending the rights of informal economy workers with disabilities: the case of UGSEIN in Niger
People with disabilities work in the informal economy, too. We were recently in Niger to discover the work of our affiliate UGSEIN who organizes over 500 workers with physical disabilities.
Organizing women street vendors in Burkina Faso
Women street vendors in Burkina Faso constitute the majority of workers in our sector. Our affiliate SYNAVFL organizes fruit and vegetable vendors across the country. We visited them in July 2023, and we learned more about their work on the ground.
Collective Struggle – Amélior, France
The most recent StreetNet affiliate is Association Amélior, which is based in France. Amélior was founded in 2012, with this year marking its tenth year of existence. It has been founded to represent and defend the rights of street vendors and waste pickers and recyclers in the country. Currently it has around 700 members, mainly […]
Collective struggle: FETTEI-CI, Côte d’Ivoire.
This new episode of Collective Struggles features the Fédération des Travailleuses et Travailleurs de l’Economie Informelle de Côte D’Ivoire – FETTEI-CI, the confederation of informal economy workers of Cote d’Ivoire. The conception of FETTEI-CI dates back to 2017, while the actual organization was created in 2018. We had the pleasure to interview Mme. Marcelline Adopo, […]
