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HomeNet South Asia’s women-led grassroots action for climate change solutions

By: Richa Macsuedon, HomeNet South Asia Senior Programme Coordinator Climate 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

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Forging collaborative ways forward: HomeNet South Asia’s Advisory Board meeting

By: Richa Macsuedon, HomeNet South Asia Senior Programme Coordinator HomeNet 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

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Accessing markets: A webinar series for home-based workers in Africa

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,

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Organizing and mobilising home-based workers to build leadership and collective action in Rwanda and Ghana

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

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Driving Change in Brazil: Launching the parliamentary front, empowering refugee women, and creating market access opportunities for home-based workers

By: Edileuza Guimarães, President of ATEMDO and HNI Executive Committee member Launch of the parliamentary front in support of informal economy workers From 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

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