{UAH} In case you didnt know about International Street Vendors Day

International Street Vendors Day

14 November, 2013

November 14 is International Street Vendors Day, a day to celebrate the incredible contributions made by street vendors to their local communities and to national development.

Urban attitudes and responses to street vendors vary around the globe, but everywhere they are at the heart of the debate about formalizing the informal economy.

• Sally Roever, WIEGO's Urban Research Director, recently made a presentation about formalizing street vendors. She argued that formalization efforts must recognize the contributions and the basic rights of vendors, and consider both the costs and the benefits for all involved. Read her brief presentation.
• Visit StreetNet International for a message about this celebratory day.
• See StreetNet Brazil's open letter to the public for November 14th (in Portuguese).

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More about Street Vendors

• WIEGO offers an overview of the work, working conditions, size and significance of this important occupational group, and describes how these workers are organizing around the globe. Learn about Street Vendors.
• In Johannesburg, South Africa, an operation to drive street vendors from the inner city began in October 2013. Joburg Trade Resources is intended to be an informative collection of all material related to the October 2013 evictions of street traders in inner-city Johannesburg.
• How to Plan a Street Trader Census - This technical brief by Sally Roever presents guidelines for planning and implementing accurate street trader censuses. 
• Watch a 2012 TED Talk by Robert Neuwirth, who spent four years with street vendors and came to appreciate the power and scope of this devalued economic force.
• Working in Warwick: Including Street Traders in Urban Plans- This book (Richard Dobson and Caroline Skinner with Jillian Nicholson, 2009) offers a fresh look at street traders' lives, the role they play in city life and their contribution to its economy. Also read the Inclusive Cities article on "'Saving the 'Mother Market': Mobilizing Street Vendors in Durban" (Richard Dobson, 2012).
• Key Debates about Street Vending examines issues such as taxation, urban governance and food safety.
• Meet Devi-ben, whose livelihood has been impacted by urban renewal and heritage projects.
• Read The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model (Randhir Kumar, 2012) - After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community partnership model for street vending. This brief details the process of enacting legally-sanctioned vending zones.
• National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), a WIEGO Member, has developed a Street Vendors' Human Rights Charter.
• India's National Policy on Urban Street Vendors - This poicy brief (Shalini Sinha and Sally Roever, 2011) describes the process by which India's National Policy on
  Urban Street Vendors was developed, the content of the policy, and the
  ongoing story of its implementation.
• StreetNet Ghana Alliance has been making informal workers voices heard on the political stage in Accra.

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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