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We're excited to introduce Ramila Solanki, a dedicated home-based worker and a member of SEWA from Ahmedabad, India. For over 15 years, she's been actively involved with the Indian Academy for Self Employed Women (IASCW), where she's undergone various trainings, including organizing, leadership, communication, and video shooting, among others. She is also a proud member...

COTRADO ALAC, the regional network of home-based worker organisations from Latin America and the Caribbean, recently held its seventh regional meeting in the headquarters of the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) in Buenos Aires, Argentina from March 21st to the 23rd.Delegates from its member organisations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Peru,...

HomeNet Africa conducted its regional workshop from the 5th to the 8th of March, 2024, bringing together a total of forty-eight participants from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. The workshop aimed to achieve several key objectives, focusing on receiving feedback from National Networks and Organisations on activity implementation and plans...

The Advanced Monitoring Learning and Evaluation (MLE) training held from February 12-16 in Morocco organised by Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), encompassed various sessions aimed at enhancing participants' understanding and skills in Outcome Harvesting, evaluating the effectiveness of their activities, and using the insights gained for strategic adaptation and learning. The training...

On October 30-31, 2023, the members, Regional Coordinator, Executive Director, and leaders of HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA) participated in the Movement for Alternatives and Solidarity in Southeast Asia (MASSA) conference with the theme "Advancing Alternative Regionalism from Below: People and Planet First." The conference took place at the University Hotel, University of the Philippines (UP)...

On March 20, 2024, HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA) partnered with the Social Protection Program of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) to host a Research Validation Workshop for a study led by Dr. Rene Ofreneo and his team from the University of the Philippines (UP). The research, titled "Voice for the Voiceless: Building...

A three-day physical training program was held from the 1st to the 3rd of February, 2024 in Pokhara, Nepal to train community leaders on violence against women home-based workers. The participants included 30 women leaders from the Pokhara Women’s Skill Development Organisation (WSDO), which is an affiliate of HomeNet South Asia. The objective of the...

The Training of Trainers (TOT) for Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness for Home-Based Workers in Sri Lanka took place on the 11th and 12th of January, 2024 in Colombo.The training was attended by 23 home-based workers (HBWs) from Central, Southern, and Uva Provinces, as well as Ratmalana District. These workers work in various areas such...