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Multi-stakeholder engagement meetings on home-based workers in Nepal and India

Multi-stakeholder engagement meeting on future of home-Based work in Nepal On August 22, HNSA along with its partner CLASS Nepal, organised a multi-stakeholder engagement meeting in Nepal to discuss the future of home-based work in the country. The event generated valuable insights and discussions on the obstacles confronting home-based workers in Nepal and explored various

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HNSA’s work on the issue of violence against women HBWs & ILO Convention 190

Country-wise Policy Papers on the issue of violence against women HBWs: India, Nepal and Bangladesh HNSA prepared three country-level papers – Bangladesh, India and Nepal- analysing existing policies and laws protecting women workers against violence. The policy papers are aimed to understand the gaps in domestic policies and laws on the issue of violence against

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Launch of Report on “The Decent Work Deficit of Homeworkers in Selected Cities of South Asia” on International Women’s Day

HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) in partnership with its members HomeNet Pakistan (HNP) in Pakistan, Social Awareness and Voluntary Association (SAVE) & Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Bharat in India and SAARC Business Association of Home-Based Workers (SABAH) Nepal in Nepal developed the report on “The Decent Work Deficit of Homeworkers in Selected Cities in South Asia”.

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Home-Based Workers – Organising for Change – A Virtual Event at NGO CSW67

HomeNet South Asia (HNSA), in collaboration with WIEGO, hosted a virtual parallel event at NGO CSW67 Event on “Home-Based Workers – Organising for Change”. A total of 115 participants were present virtually in this virtual session. In this panel discussion, home-based workers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, South Africa, and Uganda had the chance to share

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