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AHMEDABAD, INDIA, SEPT 3
The Indian Academy for Self Employed Women (IASEW) and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) have joined hands to host a 5-day International Workshop to empower informal economy worker leaders, says an IASEW release on Wednesday.
“This week, at our IASEW office in Ahmedabad, we are hosting the ’Workers’ Education for Workers’ Power! Asia Training of Trainers,’ in partnership with WIEGO School,” the statement said.
It is a space of solidarity, where 22 worker leaders from 8 countries and 4 sectors have come together, nominated by HomeNet International (HNI), StreetNet International (SNI), the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), and the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF). Together, they are strengthening their confidence and skills as worker educators with a critical understanding of the informal economy, the release added.
Over the five days, participants are engaged in an intensive curriculum designed to share diverse experiences and challenges from across the informal economy; Analyze workers’ realities from multiple perspectives to build common ground; Deepen their knowledge of worker education as a fundamental tool for building collective power; Practice democratic and participatory methods for facilitating learning within their own movements, and Strategize and plan activities that align with their respective organizational mandates.
“For IASEW, hosting this training is a celebration of cross-border solidarity, workers’ resilience, and the shared belief that education is power. Through collective learning, we strengthen not only our organizations but also the broader global movement of informal workers,” IASEW spokesperson said.