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.
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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...
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...
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. ...
Activities HomeNet International / Events / International Labour Conference 2022 / Edileuza Guimarães International Labour Conference 2022 Edileuza Guimarães, HNI IWC member and president of ATEMDO addresses the ILC Plenary sitting on June 8, 2022.https://youtu.be/q8mNpeTYVokThank you Chair for providing the opportunity for me to speak at this plenary.I am Edileuza Guimarães, a home-based worker from Brazil. Today...
Activities HomeNet International / Events / International Labour Conference 2022 / Jemimah Nyakongo International Labour Conference 2022 Jemimah Nyakongo, HNI International Working Committee member and Chairperson of HomeNet Kenya addresses the General Discussion Committee on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy.https://youtu.be/MKMU8ZQzYOU May 31st, 2022 My name is Jemimah Nyakongo. I am an International Working Committee member of HomeNet...
English, Spanish, French, Russian Мы, организации неформально занятых работников по всему миру, призываем правительства всех уровней сотрудничать с нами в оказании помощи. На неформальную занятость приходится более 61% всей занятости в мире — около двух миллиардов работников, — а в развивающихся странах количество таких работников, как мы составляем 90% от общей занятости. Правительства должны принять к сведению то, что...
English, Spanish, French, Russian Nous, organisations de travailleurs informels à travers le monde, appelons les gouvernements à tous les niveaux à s’associer à nous pour les actions de secours. Le travail informel représente plus de 61 % de l’emploi mondial – quelque deux milliards de travailleurs – tandis que dans les pays en développement, nous représentons environ 90 %...
English, Spanish, French, Russian Las organizaciones de personas trabajadoras en empleo informal de todo el mundo hacemos un llamado a los Gobiernos de todos los niveles para que se asocien con nosotras en materia de ayuda. El trabajo informal representa más del 61 % del empleo total en el mundo –unos dos mil millones de personas trabajadoras– y en...
