StreetNet International, a global alliance of street vendors and informal traders, along with Women In Informal Employment - Globalizing and Organizing, will organize a regional conference in Lagos, Nigeria, on 21-22 June 2023 to propose solutions to ensure social protection for informal economy workers.
The role of co-operatives will be central to discussions about the social and solidarity economy, in an event organised by StreetNet International and Wiego
No matter the circumstances and challenges, informal traders were able to parlay the pecial Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant into supporting and even in some cases, growing their businesses, write Senzelwe Mthembu, Sophie Plagerson, Laura Alfers, Mike Rogan and Lauren Graham.
‘An original and insightful contribution to rethinking the social contract. Instead of prescribing from above, the authors redirect attention to the perspective of informal workers, to their needs, demands and agency, and to the new realities of informality exposed by COVID-19, digital employment, and new forms of collective action.’
– Kate Meagher, London School of Economics, UK