Home-Based Worker Stories: Meet Raziya Bano Shaikh, a Buckle-maker from Dharavi, Mumbai, India
February 21, 2023
Written by Jarina Shaikh and Jyoti Baiballi from LEARN, India. Touted as the world’s largest slum, Dharavi is home to approximately 1 million people and 15,000 single-room factories. It has the highest population density of 0.34 million per km2. Most of Dharavi’s 55,000 dwellings are 1-room tenements no larger than 100 sq. feet, with very dim...
