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Research Reports
Making home-based work environments safer, healthier and productive: Improving the Physical Environment (1)
This brief is a part of WIEGO’s documentation of Mahila Housing SEWA Trust’s (MHT) work to capture insights on their work that has...
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Research Reports
Making home-based work environments safer, healthier and productive, experiences and insights from MHT’s work: Introduction and Documentation Framework
This brief is a part of WIEGO’s documentation of Mahila Housing SEWA Trust’s (MHT) work to capture insights on their work that has...
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Project
Home as Workplace
For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage...
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Policy Briefs
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India
The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women....
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Policy Briefs
Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study
This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...
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Policy Briefs
Approaches to Basic Service Delivery for the Working Poor: Assessing the Impact of Mahila Housing Trust’s Parivartan Slum Upgrading Programme in Ahmedabad, India
Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services....
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Technical Briefs
Mixed-Use Zoning and Home-Based Production in India
This technical brief critically assesses land-use zoning regulations, both generally and specifically in India, with particular reference...
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Policy Briefs
Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India
The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...
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