Pambansang Kalipunan ng mga Manggagawang Impormal sa Pilipinas (PATAMABA), Inc. (formerly Pambansang Tagapag-ugnay ng mga Manggagawa sa Bahay) or the National Network of Informal Workers in the Philippines was founded in May 1989 as a grassroots organization run and managed by women home based workers.
HomeNet South Asia is the sub-regional network of national (country) networks of home-based workers and support organizations, including HomeNet Bangladesh, HomeNet India, HomeNet Nepal, HomeNet Pakistan and HomeNet Sri Lanka. In the future more national networks may be added, drawing from other countries in South Asia.
This manual is for anyone who is involved in helping home-based workers to organize for a better future. The emphasis in this manual is on “dependent” homeworkers: those who take in work from others – neighbours, agents, companies – supply the goods or services they have asked for, and get paid for the work done. In this manual, we refer to this type of home-based worker specifically as a “homeworker.”
Two studies carried out by HomeNet Thailand, a network that helps organize informal home-based subcontracted and own account workers, underline the importance of organizing home-based workers and informal workers more generally.
HomeNet Thailand and its supportive partners played an essential role in winning legislative protection for home-based workers.
Pambansang Kalipunan ng mga Manggagawang Impormal sa Pilipinas (PATAMABA), Inc. (formerly Pambansang Tagapag-ugnay ng mga Manggagawa sa Bahay) or the National Network of Informal Workers in the Philippines was founded in May 1989 as a grassroots organization run and managed by women home based workers.
HomeNet South Asia is the sub-regional network of national (country) networks of home-based workers and support organizations, including HomeNet Bangladesh, HomeNet India, HomeNet Nepal, HomeNet Pakistan and HomeNet Sri Lanka. In the future more national networks may be added, drawing from other countries in South Asia.
