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Recognition of Prior Learning as a collective journey

10 questions and answers for Community Health Workers advocating for absorption into permanent posts.

6 months ago

How workers build power

by Nelly Nyagah care economy / international trade / just transition / organisation and representation / safe spaces / sustainability / technology

LRS contribution to the trade union movement through the lenses of identity, voice, capacity for representation, belonging and sustainability.

6 months ago

A feminist approach to organising women workers

by Michal Friedman care economy / care work / decent work / feminist popular education / gender equality / National School Nutrition Programme / volunteer food handlers

Our story of walking alongside Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme on a movement-building journey to advocate for decent work and fair pay.

Taking a feminist approach to organising women workers in South Africa | Part 2

by LRS care economy / care work / decent work / feminist popular education / gender equality / National School Nutrition Programme / volunteer food handlers

Our story of walking alongside a Food Handlers collective in Gauteng over four years.

Taking a feminist approach to organising women workers in-South Africa | Part 1

by LRS care economy / care work / decent work / feminist popular education / gender equality / National School Nutrition Programme / volunteer food handlers

Our story of walking alongside a Food Handlers collective in Gauteng over four years.

6 months ago

Care Workers Day 2026

by Zanele Chakela care economy / Care Workers' Day / community health workers / decent work / ECD practitioners / extended public works programme / food handlers / gender equality

Challenging a system that depends on care, but refuses to value it.

6 months ago

Belonging in the trade union

by Nelly Nyagah care economy / equity bargaining / GBVH / gender equality / impact / inclusion / transformative women's leadership

Strong unions ensure all members can speak safely and are represented in agendas, policies and leadership.

6 months ago

Capacity for organisation and representation

by Nelly Nyagah care economy / collective bargaining / communication / decent work / impact / informalisation / negotiation / organisation and representation / social dialogue / social protection / sustainability / technology / wage bargaining

LRS contributes to trade union development as convener, interpreter, translator, knowledge broker and space holder.

6 months ago

The collective ‘coming out’ of care workers in the Expanded Public Works Programme

by Nelly Nyagah care economy / community health workers / decent work / ECD practitioners / expanded public works programme / gender equality / impact / informalisation / public care work programmes / volunteer food handlers

Who are we? Are we workers? Do we belong?

7 months ago

Absorbed on paper, invisible in practice

by Thapelo Moncho care economy / community health workers / decent work / extended public works programme / gender equality / health sector / recognition of prior learning / workers’ rights

A Community Health Worker reflects on the reality of absorption into permanent employment on the ground.

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Recognition of Prior Learning as a collective journey

How workers build power

A feminist approach to organising women workers

Taking a feminist approach to organising women workers in South Africa | Part 2

Taking a feminist approach to organising women workers in-South Africa | Part 1

Care Workers Day 2026

Belonging in the trade union

The collective ‘coming out’ of care workers in the Expanded Public Works Programme

Absorbed on paper, invisible in practice

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