This study was conducted at the initiative of affiliates of HomeNet International (HNI), to document the socio-economic conditions of homeworkers – the most marginalized among home-based workers – in the garment and footwear supply chains. Spread across a wide geography, affiliates are organizations of workers in informal employment contributing to diverse economic sectors. They represent...
When asked how many times she’s been arrested as an activist Patricia Coñoman Carrillo shrugs her shoulders. She’s never counted. It’s part of her work as a Chilean union activist and leader defending labour rights, particularly in the textile sector, for nearly 50 years. The hardship she has faced is hard to fathom. When she and...
A tragic fire in a textile sweatshop fueled an Argentinian workers’ movement to form co-operatives and obtain legal rights. Epifania “Fanny” Espinola Garcia well remembers that electrical fire in March 2006 that killed five children and a pregnant woman who worked and lived under appalling conditions. At the time, Fanny’s working conditions as a home-based textile...
Activism is Tatiana Venus Rojas Orellana’s birthright. Her grandfather was a union activist in mining, her mother, a skillful vendor, spoke out for human rights and raised Tatiana to be an activist. “She wouldn’t teach me how to cook or anything,” said Tatiana, with a engaging grin. Beginning with her university student union during the Chilean...
Carlos Mariani doesn’t need the income for his work as an artisan, but he depends on it for survival. As a recovered alcoholic, 65-year-old Carlos needs meaningful work to occupy his hands and mind, and fill his days. So, when his wife goes to work, Carlos heads down two floors from his apartment near São...
On February 24-25, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam, HomeNet Southeast Asia invited Ms. Maria Lucette Parrilla Dela Rosa from the Philippines to conduct Digital Marketing & Website Development Training for its member countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The training aimed to equip participants with essential digital marketing skills, particularly in website development and social media...
By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, HNSEA Executive Director The HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA) Executive Committee meeting was held in Ha Noi City, Vietnam, on February 24-25, 2025, with 15 participants from six member countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was co-hosted by the Gender, Family, and Community Development (GFCD) and the Social Work -...
By: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator for HomeNet South Asia The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women marked a special moment in Karachi with the Home-based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) seminar, "Women’s Resistance Knows No Borders." The event celebrated the contributions of the legendary Dominican Republic revolutionaries, the Butterfly Sisters, using their example to...
By: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator for HomeNet South Asia SABAH Nepal’s project locations in Nala and Panauti, located in the Kavre district, recently welcomed representatives from two of its supporting partners: the Government of Finland and UN Women Nepal. The delegation included Mr. Ville Taivo (Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of the Government of Finland),...
By: SITRABORDO March 8thInternational Women's DayWe trade unionists march...
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