THE 1970s
1972 – Founding of SEWA
THE 1980s
1983 – SEWA affiliates with International Union of Food and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)
1988 – Founding of Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Household Workers (CONLACTRAHO)
1989 – Founding of National Network of Homeworkers (PATAMABA) Philippines
THE 1990s
1990 – Founding of Asociacion Nacional de Recicladores (ANR) Colombia
1990 – International Conference on Home-Based Workers
1992 – Founding of HomeNet Thailand
1994 – Founding of HomeNet International
1995 – Conference and Bellagio Declaration on Street Vendors , Italy
1996 – Adoption of ILO Convention # 177 on Homework
1997 – Founding of WIEGO
1997 – Founding of HomeNet South-East Asia
1998 – Formation of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI)
THE 2000s
2000 – First South Asia Regional Conference on Home-BasedWorkers and Kathmandu Declaration, Nepal
2000 - Founding of HomeNet South Asia, Nepal
2000- Collapse of HomeNet International
2000 – Establishment of Street Net Association, South Africa
2001 – Founding of National Movement of Waste Pickers, MNCR, Brazil
2001 – Formation of HomeNet India
2002 – Resolution and Conclusions on Decent Work in the Informal Economy, ILO
2002 – Official Launch of StreetNet International, South Africa
2002 – Founding of the Alliance of Zambian Informal Economy Associations (AZIEA)
2002 – Launch of CTCP- association of self employed workers in Nicaragua
2002 – Founding of HomeNet Nepal
2003 – First International Conference on “Organizing in the Informal Economy”, India
2003 – Formation of International Coordinating Committee on organizing in the IE
2005 – Founding of the Latin American Waste Picker Network (LAWPN)
2005- HomeNet Pakistan formed
2005- Founding of HomeNet Bangladesh
2005 – Founding of Asia Domestic Workers’ Network
2005 – Founding of Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT)
2005 – First Regional Conference in Africa on “Organizing in the Informal Economy”, Senegal
2005 – Ratification of ILO Convention on Homework Campaign led by Global Labour Institute
2006 – SEWA affiliates to ICFTU /ITUC
2006 – Second “Organizing in the Informal Economy” Conference, Ghana
2006 – First International Conference of Domestic Workers
2006 – First Meeting of Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers
2007 – Founding of MRP (waste picker association, Peru)
2007 – Founding of MNRC (waste picker association, Chile)
2007 – Founding of National Domestic Workers Alliance ,USA
2008 – First World Conference of Waste Pickers and Third Latin American Regional Congress, Colombia
2008 – HomeNet Srilanka formed
2008 – Founding of National Waste Picker Associations in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Uruguay
2008 – Interim Steering Committee of International Domestic Workers Network set up
2008 – Launch of global project “Inclusive Cities for the Urban Working Poor”
2008 – Launch of campaign for Convention on domestic workers
2009 – First Meeting of developing Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, Argentina
2009 – First national meeting of South African Waste Pickers
2009 – Meeting on organizing informal workers in Central and Eastern Europe
2009 – Consolidation of IDWN and Interim Steering Committee , Geneva
2009 – First African sub regional workshop of IDWN, Kenya
2009 – Waste pickers participate in UNFCC Climate Change conferences at Bonn and Copenhagen
THE 2010s
2010 – StreetNet Regional Meeting on Organizing Waste Pickers in Africa, Senegal
2010 – SEWA elected as a Vice President of ITUC
2010 – Fourth Latin American Waste Pickers Congress, Peru
2010 – First National Meeting of Waste Pickers and Collectors in Kenya
2010 – Third StreetNet International Congress, Benin
2010 – IDWN second Africa regional workshop, Benin
2010 – Waste pickers participate in UNFCC, China and Mexico
2011 – First National Conference of Indian Waste pickers (AIW)
2011 – First WIEGO cross-sector MBO workshop , Thailand
2011 – ILO Convention on Domestic Workers, C 189, adopted