In this episode of the Clean Clothes Podcast Janhavi Dave, HomeNet International, Zehra Khan, Home Based Women Workers Federation, Poonsap Tulaphan, HomeNet Thailand & Foundation for Labour and Employment Promotion share how home-based workers – mostly working in the garment sector – have organised over several decades, and their main wins.
This study reveals the differentiated pathways of impact COVID-19 has had on the informal workforce, and thus recovery for different groups of informal workers approximately a year and a half into the pandemic. The study shows that the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis remains deep and persistent for workers at the base of the economy.
This paper examines the degree – and pathways – of impact on different sectors of informal workers and, within sectors, by key variables (status in employment, place of work, goods/services provided, and gender). The study provides insights from informal workers in their own words and concludes with common demands for recovery by local organizations of informal workers.
This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five African countries. It highlights different levels of power relationships that impact HBWs’ autonomy to (self-)organize in order to improve their lives and their livelihoods.
Contributions from scholars, activists and artists addressing the past and present conditions of home-based work.
Mapping of the past, current and future work of the regional HomeNets to address challenges relating to homes doubling up as workplaces
Mapping of the past, current and future work of the regional HomeNets to address challenges relating to homes doubling up as workplaces
There are over 1.5 million home-based workers in Nepal, who represent 22 per cent of total employment.
ILO report analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chains in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Globally, 260 million women and men are employed in home-based work, including 35 million in developed countries.
