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Participant list

Ahmedabad Conference on Organising in the Informal Economy

 AFRICA

1. Elder Linus Ukamba, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
2. Abbayo Nuhu Toro, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
3. Ana Sansao Timana, OTM (Organizacao Trabalhadores de Mocambique)
4. Ramos Vasconcelos Marrengula, ASSOTSI (Associacao dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal) established by OTM in Mocambique
5. Kofi Asamoah, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana
6. F.X. Owusu, Informal Sector Desk, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana
7. Bright Yeboah, CBMWU (Construction & Building Materials Workers Union of Ghana)
8. Alando Sidik, GPRTU (Ghana Public Road Transport Union)
9. Ernestina Offei Ywenkyi, ICU (Industrial & Commercial Union of Ghana)
10. Emmanuel Attah, ICU (Industrial & Commercial Union of Ghana TUC)
11. Deborah Yemoteley Quaye, Makola Market Union – Ghana StreetNet Alliance
12. Emmanuel Tekper, Outgrowers Association of GAWU (Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana)
13. Joseph Sackey, Timber and Wood Workers Union of Ghana
14. Alfred Mudenda, ZCTU (Zambia Congress of Trade Unions)
15. Jonathan Zulu, AZIEA (Alliance of Zambian Informal Economy Associations)
16. Elijah Emmanuel Mutemeri, ZCIEA - Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (established by ZCTU Zimbabwe)

 ASIA

1. Goma Acharya, GEFONT, Nepal
2. Ip Pui Yu (Fish), Hong Kong Domestic Workers Union
3. Poornima Chikharmane, KKPKP association of scrap collectors in Maharashtra, India
4. Pushpa Vyas, KKPKP (Kagad Kach Patra Kastakari Panchayat)
5. Jana Ashtul, KKPKP (Kagad Kach Patra Kastakari Panchayat)
6. Laxmi Kshirsagar, KKPKP (Kagad Kach Patra Kastakari Panchayat)
7. Arbind Singh, NASVI (National Alliance for Street Vendors of India)
8. Hie Chul Shin, NFSVK (National Federation of Street Vendors of Korea)
9. Primar Jardeleza, PATAMABA, Philippines
10. Sripo Wayuphak, Thai Workers Solidarity Committee
11. S.N. Thakur, AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress)
12. R.K. Ratnakar, AITUC – All-India Bidi, Cigar and Tobacco Federation
13. P.K. Ganguly, CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions)
14. Renana Jhabvala, SEWA, India
15. Namrata Bali, SEWA, India
16. Manali Shah, SEWA, India
17. Mirai Chatterjee, SEWA, India
18. Sanjay Kumar, SEWA Bharat, India
19. George Gomes, Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Union, India
20. M. Shankar, Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Union, India
21. D. Elizabethrani, TNGOU (Tamil Nadu Govt. Officials Union) India
22. N. Rajakumari, TNGOU (Tamil Nadu Govt. Officials Union) India
23. Sujata Gothoskar, CAW (Committee for Asian Women)
24. Pravin Sinha, FES (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) India
25. Rakawin Leechanavanichpan, HomeNet Thailand
26. Tamaki Endo, HomeNet Thailand
27. Jae Yeon-Jin, People’s Solidarity for Social Progress, Korea
28. Hyun ju Kang, People’s Solidarity for Social Progress, Korea

 AMERICAS

1. William Conklin, AFL-CIO (but based in Sri Lanka)
2. Phil Fishman, AFL-CIO
3. Tyrone Freeman, SIEU (organising contingency workers in the USA)
4. Jose Del Valle, CROC (Confederacion Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos) Mexico
5. Salim Kalkach Navaro, Vanguardia Obrera (affiliated to CROC) Mexico

EUROPE

1. Natalia Subochi, Trade Union of Moldova (Business-Sind)
2. Wilma Roos, FNV, Netherlands

INTERNATIONAL

1. Harcharan Kaur, IFBWW (International Federation of building & Wood Workers)
2. Elizabeth Tang, IFWEA (International Federation of Workers Education Associations)
3. Anneke van Luijken, IRENE, Netherlands
4. Nishi Kapahi, ITF (International Transport Workers Federation)
5. Meena Patel, IUF
6. Pat Horn, StreetNet International
7. Monique Marti, UNI (Union Network International)
8. Marty Chen, WIEGO
9. Chris Bonner, Organisation & Representation Programme, WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalising & Organising)

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