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Organisations involved in StreetNet
Bangladesh
- Small local organisations such as Chattagram Hawkers Samity, Dhaka
Mohanagori Hawkers Dal, Dhaka Metropolitan Hawkers Association)
- Self-Employed union
Benin
- SYNAMAVAB (Syndicat National des Vendeurs et Vendeuses et Assimiles des
Marches du Benin)
- USYNNVEPID-CSPIB (Centrales des Synidcats de Secteurs Privé et
Informal du Benin)
Bolivia
- Small organisations such as Union Sindical Feminina de Floristas,
Federacion Departamental de Gremiales de La Paz
Burkina Faso
- Cissin-Natenga Women’s Association formed by ONSL
Cambodia
- Urban Sector Group (NGO helping street vendors to form
membership-based organisations)
Chile
- Small local organisations such as Programa Mujeres Jefas de Hogar
Colombia
- CGTD national centre also organising street vendors
Costa Rica
- Small local organisations such as ASOMUVAN, Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
- Dignite national center also organising market vendors into
co-operatives
- Individual market women’s co-operatives such as COVIMY
(Marcory
market, Abidjan)
Ecuador
- Small organisations such as Asociacion de Mujeres Tahuantinsuyo,
Asociacion 23 de Junio
El Salvador
- Central de Trabajadores de El Salvador
Ghana
- Different affiliates of the Ghana TUC (such as GAWU and ICU) as well as
Informal Sector Desk of TUC
- Greater Accra Market Union
Guatemala
- FINCA Guatemala (NGO helping street vendors to organise)
India
- National Alliance of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) with 300 member
street vendors’ organisations in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bodh Gaya,
Calcutta, Chennai, Lucknow, Mangalore, Manipur, Mumbai, Patna, Pune
- This includes SEWA which alone has 40 000 street vendor members
- Also includes the Hawkers Sangram Committee of Calcutta comprising most
street vendors unions in Calcutta
Kenya
- Nairobi Hawkers Alliance (NAHA) and other smaller local
membership-based street vendors organisations in Migori, Machakos and
Mombasa
- Kisumu Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KASVIT)
Korea
- National Federation of Street Vendors of Korea (NFSVK)
Malawi
- Malawi Union for Informal Sector formed by former President of MCTU
Mocambique
- Associacao dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal (ASSOTSI)
formed by OTM national center
Nepal
- Sadak Vyapur Shramik Sangathan recently formed by Gefont national
center
Nigeria
- Localised associations such as second-hand clothes vendors and market
porters, who are being assisted by NLC national centre to organise
- Nigerian Automobile Technicians Association
Peru
- City-based organisations such as FEDEVAL, FETAVIMT, FEDITAS (Lima) and
market vendors association of Ica, being assisted in its negotiations by
FEPROMU women’s organisation
Philippines
- KATINIG, a national federation of different informal sector groups
comprising 12 local and national federations and 105 organisations
- This includes CEBU United Vendors Association (CCUVA) with 10 000 members
and 65 local member organisations, for example
Sierra Leone
- Petty Traders Association affiliated to Sierra Leone Labour Congress
South Africa
- Self-Employed Women’s Union (SEWU) with 3000 members, African Council of
Hawkers & Informal Businesses (ACHIB) and other local street vendors
organisations operating in Durban, East London, Johannesburg, Queenstown,
Stanger, Umtata
- Eastern Cape Alliance of Street Vendors
Sri Lanka
- Local organisations mainly in Colombo, such as World Market Day &
Night Bazaar Traders Society, Colombo Bodhiraja Mawatha & 5th Cross
Street Traders Society
Thailand
- Street Vendors Club of Thailand
Uganda
- Uganda Public Employees Union (changed its constitution to include
street vendors) and Uganda Workers Education Association
- National Alliance of Street Vendors and Hawkers of Uganda
(Kampala-based)
Venezuela
- Sindicato Union Nacional and local organisations such as Dulces Criollas,
Caracas and NGO CIDEAS which helps street vendors to organise into
membership-based organisations
Vietnam
Zambia
- Zambia National Marketeers Association (ZANAMA) and Workers
Education Association of Zambia (WEAZ) established by ZCTU national center
Zimbabwe
- KweKwe Informal Traders Association established by Ishmael Nedziwe College
of Labour Studies
The aggregate membership of the national organisations is at this stage
difficult to estimate due to the fact that StreetNet has not yet established
standard criteria for verifying membership numbers.
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