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HNSEA Executive Committee Meeting and Exchange Forum in Ha Noi, Vietnam

By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, HNSEA Executive Director The HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA) Executive Committee meeting was held in Ha Noi City, Vietnam, on February 24-25, 2025, with 15 participants from six member countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was co-hosted by the Gender, Family, and Community Development (GFCD) and the Social Work

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Women’s Resistance Knows No Borders: HBWWF’s Seminar Commemorates Contributions of Dominican Republic’s “Butterfly Sisters”

By: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator for HomeNet South Asia The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women marked a special moment in Karachi with the Home-based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) seminar, “Women’s Resistance Knows No Borders.”  The event celebrated the contributions of the legendary Dominican Republic revolutionaries, the Butterfly Sisters, using their

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Government of Finland and UN Women Nepal Representatives Visit Sabah Nepal Project Locations, Renewing Commitment to Support Women in the Region

By: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator for HomeNet South Asia SABAH Nepal’s project locations in Nala and Panauti, located in the Kavre district, recently welcomed representatives from two of its supporting partners: the Government of Finland and UN Women Nepal. The delegation included Mr. Ville Taivo (Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of the Government

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Complexities of Labor, Social and Economic Fields: Impacts of Conservatism, Patriarchy, Exacerbated Machismo and Other Variables on Women’s Work and Development

By: SITRABORDO March 8thInternational Women’s DayWe trade unionists march… Long live SITRABORDO! Commemorating March 8th as National and International Women’s Day in the current context is a rather complex situation in our society and around the world, where women are the visible face of struggle and resistance. At the beginning of the 20th century, women’s

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Challenges and Opportunities: The Struggle to Formalize Self-Employment in Peru

By: National Network of Self-Employed Workers (RENATTA) The National Network of Self-Employed Workers (RENATTA) met in March at the office of the non-governmental organization “Alternativa” with delegates of the Autonomous Workers’ Confederation of Peru (CATP) to report on the importance of representing home-based workers and self-employed workers at the 113th International Assembly of the ILC,

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