Advocacy resources

This booklet is for home-based workers worldwide. It explains the ILO, key documents like Convention 177 and Recommendation 184, and shares real-life cases from HNI affiliates fighting for workers’ rights. Learn from their experiences, explore strategies, and get inspired to...

This Toolkit is designed to support leaders of home-based workers in this campaign. It aims to empower them and their members in their struggle for meaningful improvements for home-based workers through targeted advocacy and other initiatives as part of the...

A comprehensive guide to understanding the importance of ILO C177, the Home Work Convention. It covers the nature of home-based work, the types of work that home-based workers do, and their significance in the global economy. The guide explores the...

In 2009, Bulgaria ratified the ILO Home Work Convention (C177) and Recommendation (R184) – and amended its Labour Code. However, it has not enforced the legislation and according to the trade union, UNITY (TUSIW “Edinstvo”), the government argues that the...

In 2014, WIEGO assisted UNITY in writing a letter to the ILO, setting out its views. This letter is mentioned in the official report of the Committee of Experts, and in 2014, the Committee asked the Government of Bulgaria to...

The global trade union movement has been lobbying for an ILO Convention on gender-based violence (GBV) for many years. As a result, the ILO Governing Body at its 325th Session (November 2015) placed a standard-setting item on ‘Violence against women...