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September 2025

HomeNet International / 2025 (Page 3)

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Blog, COTRADO ALAC
September 27, 2025

By: Carlos Sanchez, Regional Coordinator of COTRADO ALAC Between August 31 and September 2, Carlos Sánchez, Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean of Home-Based Workers Organizations (COTRADO ALAC), met with SITRADOMSA and CENTRACAP to share views on the political situation affecting Central American countries and its impact on the sustainability of trade unions and...

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Blog, COTRADO ALAC
September 27, 2025

By: Carlos Sánchez, Regional Coordinator of COTRADO ALAC With the participation of 25 leaders from unions of home-based workers, domestic workers, and unions of self-employed or own-account workers, a workshop on DEI Policies was held on August 29 in Managua, Nicaragua. The Working Committee on DEI Policies, made up of leaders from CONATRADO (Chile), SITRAOVDISE (Nicaragua), and...

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Africa, Blog
September 26, 2025

By: Edwin Bett, Regional Coordinator, HomeNet AfricaThe Bolgatanga Basket Weavers Club Cooperative Association (BBWCCA) in Ghana has secured a grant of GHS 3 million from the Community Foundation Ghana and the Ghana Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANKGH) as working capital to enable members to engage in basket weaving as a full-time business. The first tranche of funds...

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Africa, Blog
September 26, 2025

By: Edwin Bett, Regional Coordinator, HomeNet AfricaHomeNet Africa, with support from HomeNet Kenya, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Environment Trust Fund (NETFUND) to build the capacity of individuals across HomeNet Africa member organizations. The signing took place on September 1, 2025, at Water House in Nairobi.The program will be implemented in...

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Blog, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
September 26, 2025

By: HNI, text adapted from information sent by Violeta Zlateva, Regional Coordinator of HomeNet Eastern Europe and Central AsiaUNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity celebrates living traditions, skills, and knowledge that communities pass down through generations. These practices are songs, crafts, festivals, and rituals. They survive only because people keep them...

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Blog, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
September 26, 2025

Countries from Central Asia and Eastern Europe showcased their traditional crafts and folk art at the second Festival of International Traditions in Handicrafts, held in Pomorie, Bulgaria, from July 24 to 31 this year. In tents set up in the town center, foreign artisans offered original handmade products, souvenirs, and culinary delights. A “Workshop for Adults...

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Blog
September 24, 2025

From September 10–12, 2025, Nairobi hosted the Global Convening on the Political Economy of AI and Digital Technologies, bringing together labor organizations and experts to explore AI’s impact on work, labor organizing, and economic justice. Discussions highlighted challenges such as concentrated power in Big Tech, exploitation of local labor and resources, weak regulatory frameworks, and...

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Blog, COTRADO ALAC
July 29, 2025

Finally, after a process of learning about and engaging with the work carried out by the members of the Union of Women Workers in Various Trades and Sexual Diversity (SITRAOVDISE), on June 13, 2025, COTRADO ALAC responded favorably to the request for affiliation submitted in December 2024.SITRAOVDISE is a union made up of workers—mainly trans...

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Blog, South East Asia
June 30, 2025

By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, HNSEA Executive DirectorThe Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC), a leading network on Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) issues in Asia, partnered with the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia (APPGM), to organize a conference on Social Development Goals (SDGs) and SSE in Asia. The conference took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 23-24, 2025,...

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Blog, South East Asia
June 30, 2025

By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, Executive Director of HomeNet Southeast Asia HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA) comprises six member countries: HomeNet Cambodia, HomeNet Indonesia, HomeNet Laos, HomeNet Philippines, HomeNet Thailand, and HomeNet Vietnam. We conducted our Assembly on May 19-20, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The HNSEA Assembly is held every three years. The agenda of the assembly includes meetings...