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OUR BACKGROUND
Kabale Women Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (KAWOSHA) is an association of Women Hawkers and Street Vendors. The Association was formed in 2020 following the breakdown of COVID-19 to bring together Women Hawkers and Street Vendors for collective advocacy. The Association brings women hawkers and street Vendors together and increase their voice, visibility and validity.
Kabale Women Hawkers and Street Vendors Association
The pandemic restricted the mobility of the women hawkers and street vendors, pushing them to themargins of society. KAWOSHA women hawkers and Street Vendors are trying to recover livelihoods. The lockdowns induced by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic amplified the vulnerability of Women hawkers and street vendors, pushing them towards hunger and deprivation. Women are the breadwinners in the families. They earn a daily income by selling vegetables on the roadside. The regulatory framework of this traditional, informal livelihood option remains ambiguous. Women hawkers and street vendors provide access to food to the urban centres andoccupy an important part of Uganda’s informal economy.
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Our Vision
A Society that respects the rights of women hawkers and street Vendors
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Our Mission
To unite and empower women hawkers and street Vendors and secure their livelihoods
The Association seeks to increase the voice, visibility and validity of the women hawkers and street Vendors .

Our objectives

Increased Voice
KAWOSHA works to support its members and to link members together. We also help members gain representation in the policy making and rule-setting bodies that affect their work and lives.
Increased Visibility
KAWOSHA undertakes and sponsors research on issues affecting women hawkers and street Vendors and helps to develop and improve official statistics on informal employment and the informal economy.
Increased Validity
KAWOSHA promotes the mainstream recognition of women hawkers and street Vendors as legitimate economic agents who contribute to the overall economy and are legitimate beneficiaries of economic and social policies. We also advance the incorporation of women hawkers and street Vendors into policymaking and rule-setting processes.

Kabale Women Hawkers and Street Vendors Association

Women are the breadwinners in the families. They earn a daily income by selling vegetables on the roadside. The regulatory framework of this traditional, informal livelihood option remains ambiguous. Women hawkers and street vendors provide access to food to the urban centres and occupy an important part of Uganda’s informal economy.