HNI Access to Markets (A2M) Session 1 – Getting fundamentals right and working towards activities to be taken up Twenty-one HNI affiliates from Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, along with other participating MBOs from HNA, joined the webinar, which was conducted as a consultative process through an online discussion format. All participants contributed equally by way...
By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, HNSEA Executive Director On 11-12 November 2024, in Vang Vieng, Lao PDR, HomeNet Lao (HNL), along with HomeNet Southeast Asia, WIEGO, and the International Labour Organization, held a research presentation and panel discussion on the study “Improving Home-based Workers’ Access to Social Security in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR”. The event was attended by 31...
By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, Executive Director of HomeNet Southeast AsiaOn 26-28 November 2024, in Bangkok, HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA), together with the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), and Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organizing (WIEGO), was invited to attend the forum called the “Tripartite Regional Knowledge Sharing Forum - Innovative...
By: Richa Macsuedon, HomeNet South Asia Senior Programme CoordinatorClimate change and its devastating impacts affect workers everywhere, but its consequences on home-based workers’ lives and livelihoods often go unseen. HomeNet South Asia’s recent exposure visits with Mahila Housing Trust provided perfect avenues for them to explore how technological innovations and grassroots action are combating the...
By: Richa Macsuedon, HomeNet South Asia Senior Programme CoordinatorHomeNet South Asia (HNSA) recently hosted its Advisory Board Meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 18 and 19 November 2024. The two-day event brought together HNSA’s Board of Trustees, new Advisory Board members (comprising its affiliate organizations and nominated representatives from WIEGO and HomeNet International), and the HNSA...
By: Edwin Bett, HomeNet Africa Regional Coordinator and HNI HomeNet Africa, in conjunction with HomeNet International, is running an access-to-markets initiative aimed at improving the livelihoods and working conditions of home-based workers (HBWs) in the countries where our affiliates operate. This initiative follows a series of six webinars conducted between March 2022 and February 2024, which covered...
By: Edwin Bett, HomeNet Africa Regional Coordinator SYTRIECI Rwanda, a nationwide trade union representing informal workers, undertook the task of mapping and organizing home-based workers from its over 8,000 union members involved in various informal economic activities, including street vending, market trading, domestic work, waste collection, and home-based production. This initiative took place between September 19...
By: Edileuza Guimarães, President of ATEMDO and HNI Executive Committee memberLaunch of the parliamentary front in support of informal economy workersFrom December 2 to 4, we were in the national capital, Brasília, alongside street vendors, waste pickers, app workers, and domestic workers to advocate for government action. Our requests included the issuance of a decree...
By: Tatiana Rojas, Coordinator of CONATRADO Chile and HNI Executive Committee memberWithin the framework of modernizing Law 16,744 on occupational accidents in Chile, CONATRADO and other trade union organizations have initiated a government advocacy action plan to ensure that the modernization aligns with workers’ interests.In November, CONATRADO representatives held a meeting with the president of...
By: Carlos Sánchez, Regional Coordinator of COTRADO ALACThe National Network of Self-Employed Workers (RENATTA) is an organization that brings together various groups of workers in informal and unregulated employment, including home-based workers.On October 22nd, RENATTA held a meeting for the International Home-Based Workers Day in the district of San Martin de Porres, Lima, where strategies...
