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How Top Manta co-op helps Barcelona’s street vendors formalise

Set up in 2017, the co-op sells clothes, accessories and sportswear made by migrants

Textile co-ops paying the price of Milei’s austerity in Argentina

Informal workers abandoned by the state are organising co-ops with union support

Sewa, the union empowering informal women workers through co-ops

Anca Voinea reports from a two-day tour of Sewa, the women's co-op federation which has become…

Cross-border traders finding strength in co-operatives

The co-op model offers protection and chance to pool resources for women trading between Rwanda and…

Co-ops used to formalise economy in Senegal

The ILO highlights how its work is supporting Senegal's economic development through the 'strategic use of…

Lagos conference to explore social protection for informal economy workers

The role of co-operatives will be central to discussions about the social and solidarity economy, in…