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 […]
6th StreetNet International Congress 2019! Unity is Our Strength!
The 6 Congress of StreetNet International (SNI) will take place on 09-12, April in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. To have balance among StreetNet regions, StreetNet rotates the congress venue each time. The Congress is the highest decision-making structure in the organization and meets every three years to discuss the challenges of the sector and consult on strategies […]
StreetNet achievements 2018 and strengthening affiliates
by Pat Horn, StreetNet International Coordinator During 2018 WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising) assisted StreetNet by raising core funding which will include the financial support needed for the Sixth International Congress, scheduled to be held from 9 – 12 April 2019 in Kyrgyzstan. We have a well-coordinated team of young organisers who […]
Welcome FETTEI-CI!! A new organization of West Africa joined StreetNet family!
by Sibailly Douhoure, StreetNet Organizer 23 August 2018, will remain a historic or memorable date for the Informal Economy Workers Federation of Côte d’Ivoire, FETTEI-CI (Fédération des Travailleuses et Travailleurs de l’Economie Informelle de Cote d’Ivoire). Indeed, on that particular day the Executive Committee of StreetNet examined and accepted the application for affiliation of FETTEI-CI […]
BUILDING WORKERS’ POWER – CHANGE THE RULES!
By Lorraine Sibanda, StreetNet International President The 4th ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) World Congress took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 2-7 December 2018, the main theme of which sounded: BUILDING WORKES’ POWER –CHANGE THE RULES!! More than 1,200 participants took part in five days of debate to shape the policies and priorities for the […]
Social Protection for Informal Economy Workers in Zambia: Where We Are?
by Lameck Kashiwa, AZIEA General Secretary Zambia’s Social Protection like many countries has been biased towards formal workers while informal workers relied on their own indigenous informal schemes in the markets, Bus stations and neighborhood. The said informal schemes helped and continue to help the informal workers during funerals, bankruptcy, loss of job etc. Each […]
Presidential Jobs Summit – from the perspective of workers in the informal economy
By Pat Horn, StreetNet International Coordinator Lead-up to Jobs Summit In his State of the Nation address in February 2018, the new President of South Africa, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that a Jobs Summit would be convened as soon as possible to address the problems of joblessness and unemployment in South Africa. With regard to […]
Bangladesh Affiliate from field visit lenses
By Amar Kharate, StreetNet Trainee Organizer Organisations that works for informal economy workers’ rights are very needed in today’s world. Labour at Informal Economy (LaIE) in Bangladesh, is a membership-based umbrella organisation, which includes four types of informal economy workers and street vendor is one of it. LaIE consists of 7 executive committee members 5 […]
We say goodbye to comrade Eugenio Rodriguez of Honduras
With great sadness, StreetNet International informs its members about the death of comrade Eugenio Rodriguez, leader of the Honduran organization FOTSSIEH and coordinator of the focal point of the Americas region. On our part, we wish our deepest condolences to the FOTSSIEH, to his struggle partners and to Eugenio’s family. Eugenio dedicated himself to SNI’s […]
Strategic Planning and Moving Further
by Pat Horn, StreetNet International Coordinator After the Fifth StreetNet International Congress in India in 2016, the newly-elected members of the StreetNet international Council underwent leadership training in January 2017, followed by the first meeting of the International Council. The Council started work on a new strategic plan for StreetNet based on the following four […]