All posts in Global Supply Chains/Global Trade
PostBuilding Collective Power August 16, 2024Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better
African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...
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Resource DocumentsCraft Supply Chains in Africa: Consolidating Our Findings
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ReportChains and Challenges: Craft Supply Chains in Africa
Because crafts are such an important source of work and income for home‑based workers in Africa, HomeNet Africa, in partnership with WIEGO,...
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PostBuilding Collective Power January 31, 2023The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan
Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...
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Worker StoryReshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India
Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...
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External Blog Posts/Op EdsIt’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center
Excerpt from the opinion piece, It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center by Darren Walker (president...
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Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions
Contact: Nicole Pryor – nicole.pryor@wiego.org, Graciela Mora – graciela.mora@wiego.org, Kendra Hughes – kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment...
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Advocacy MaterialsThe OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector: Its Application to Homeworkers
In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These principles are important...
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PostGlobal Supply Chains/Global Trade February 03, 2021Travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel, audits sociaux et diligence raisonnable en matière de droits humains dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement
En décembre 2020, le Conseil de l’UE a demandé à la Commission européenne d’élaborer un cadre juridique qui rendrait obligatoire pour toutes...
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Trabajadorxs en empleo informal, auditorías sociales y debida diligencia en materia de derechos humanos en las cadenas de suministro
En diciembre de 2020, el Consejo de la UE solicitó a la Comisión del mismo órgano que redactara un marco legal que obligase a todas las empresas...
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