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IFWEA is the international organisation responsible for the development of workers' education. It brings together national and international trade unions, workers' education associations, NGOs and foundations engaged in the provision of adult education opportunities for workers and the communities in which they live throughout the world.

IFWEA is part of the family of international democratic labour movement organisations. It has observer status with the ILO and UNESCO, maintains close relations with the International Trade Union Confederation and the Global Union Federations, and shares mutual membership with SOLIDAR in Brussels.
News - 18 June 2009
Statement presented by Ms Pat Horn, International Co-ordinator, StreetNet International
Please find the statement presented by Ms Pat Horn, International Co-ordinator, StreetNet International on behalf of WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising) at the Plenary of the 98th ILO Conference in Geneva (June 2009).

The statement urges governments to bring their local government authorities into their economic recovery plans as a matter of urgency. It calls for local governments inter alia to engage in extensive and effective social dialogue with the objective of being fully accountable to their civil society constituents.
News - 18 June 2009
Petition to Save the Early Morning Market at Warwick Junction
A Petition to the eThekwini Municipality Calling for a Review of Current Plans for Warwick Junction in Durban, South Africa.

We call on the eThekwini Municipality to fundamentally reconsider plans to build a shopping mall in Durban's central commuter node - the Warwick Junction.
News - 07 June 2009
Address to Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses
In the wake of mass protests against the proposed forced relocation of 7000 - 10 000 informal workers in and around the Warwick Junction Early Morning Market, the following call was made at the 98th session of the International Labour Conference of the ILO to bring local governments into global economic crisis recovery plans.
News - 04 June 2009
We the Self-Employed
SEWA'S electronic newsletter.
Resources - Useful documents and information available for download or by order.
IFWEA DVD - Build Rights, Build Unions    01 October 2008
Organising Workers In The Informal Economy - A Resource Pack for Worker Educators
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