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1 year ago

Feminist Economic Justice Toolkit
by Nina Benjamin climate and just transition / feminist economic alternatives / feminist popular education / gender equality / Power Up!
A feminist popular education resource to challenge unjust systems and spark transformative alternatives.
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1 year ago

Our care stories: “We are essential, not invisible”
by Nelly Nyagah care work / collective bargaining and organising / community health workers / decent work / feminist popular education / public care work programmes / women's month
Community Health Workers are speaking out about the value of their work and demanding decent work in public care programmes.
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1 year ago

The geopolitics of international trade
by Trenton Elsely afCFTA / african union / agoa / international trade / regional economic communities / regional value chains / trade and industrial policy
Meaningful sub-regional and continental value chains are our best defence against a fractured global order sliding into conflict and confusion.
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1 year ago

Community Health Workers: “Nothing about us without us”
by Nelly Nyagah care work / collective bargaining and organising / community health workers / decent work / feminist popular education / public care work programmes
Inside the struggle for recognition and dignity in the public health system.
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1 year ago

Ligotshwa lisemanzi: Honouring the first teachers
by Kukhanya Mthimkulu care ecnomy / care work / decent work / early childhood development / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / extended public works programme / labour rights
Early Childhood Development Practitioners are the first formal educators a child will ever know. They are the primary agents of socialisation, guiding countless “firsts”.
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1 year ago

From “Volunteers” to Food Handlers: A step towards dignity in school kitchens
by Kukhanya Mthimkulu decent work / informalisation / labour rights / NSNP / PowerUp / public care programme / volunteer food handlers
Food Handlers secure new job titles and set hours in school kitchens.
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1 year ago

Budgeting for dignity and care work
by Zanele Chakela care work / decent work / gender responsive budgeting / informalisation / social justice / women's month
What will it take for the national budget to truly reflect the lived realities of women in South Africa?
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1 year ago

How trade unions in Namibia secured a seat on the AfCFTA implementation committee
by Nelly Nyagah advocacy / afCFTA / collective bargaining and organising / decent work / labour provisions / Namibia / social dialogue / trade and industrial policy
The Trade Union Congress of Namibia is building capacity to influence trade policy and ensure social justice for workers under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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1 year ago

Labour 20 Summit: Trade unions stand united for transformation amid global crises
by LRS artificial intelligence / climate / gender equality / just transition / platform workers / social dialogue / social justice / sovereign debt. / technology / trade and industrial policy
“We will not allow our future to be sacrificed at the altar of profit and geopolitical power.”
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1 year ago

Care work and public budgets: A feminist inquiry
by Nelly Nyagah care work / decent work / feminist popular education / gender equality / gender responsive budgeting / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / volunteer food handlers
Volunteer Food Handlers are mobilising for fairer budget allocations that reflect the value of their care work in the National School Nutrition Programme.
