March 2026

By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, Executive Director of HomeNet Southeast Asia HomeNet Thailand, together with the Federation of Informal Workers, was invited by Thai Public Broadcasting Service Television (Thai PBS), a state television channel, to organize a television program on the impact of climate change on informal workers on 11 March 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Courtesy of: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator, HomeNet South Asia Women for Human Rights, in collaboration with HomeNet South Asia, successfully organized a stakeholder consultation program in Chandragiri Municipality, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 13th February 2026 to address the pressing issue of violence against women home-based workers (HBWs) and highlight the crucial role of local stakeholders...

By: Edwin Bett, HomeNet Africa Regional Coordinator HomeNet Africa, in partnership with HomeNet Kenya and the African Platform for Social Protection (APSP), with support from WIEGO under the project “Building African Workers’ Power in the Digital Age”, held a two-day workshop on 18–19 February 2026. The training covered the following areas: Definition of social protection, key terminologies,...

Courtesy of: Edwin Bett, HomeNet Africa Regional Coordinator HomeNet Africa identified a Fundraising and Sustainability Plan as a key priority for the year, with training as one of its outputs. Members applied to participate, and their applications were carefully reviewed to assess their readiness for resource mobilization and proposal writing, as well as their organizations’ capacity...

By: Carlos Sanchez, COTRADO ALAC Regional Coordinator On March 7, 2026, the Home-Based Embroidery Workers’ Union of El Salvador (SITRABORDO) organized a forum with 125 women embroiderers affiliated with the union. The aim of the activity was “to raise awareness and inform women organized in SITRABORDO about the most relevant aspects to consider within the human...

By: Carlos Sanchez, COTRADO ALAC Regional Coordinator Two Meetings, One Strategy These are two separate meetings, held two months apart and in two different countries. However, they are part of the same strategic approach: COTRADO ALAC is deliberately building bridges with the formal trade union movement at a time when the political context in Latin America is...

By: Carlos Sanchez, COTRADO ALAC Regional Coordinator On February 2, 2026, the Association of Women Home-Based Workers (ATEMDO) received its affiliation charter to the United Workers’ Union (CUT) of Brazil. In doing so, women home-based workers in Brazil became part of the largest and most influential trade union federation in the country, sending a message that...