Home-Based Workers

Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment

2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...

The Fair Trade Movement for Informal Workers

A Q&A with Elaine Jones during World Fair Trade Week

Seis mitos sobre las estadísticas de la economía informal

Los mitos abundan en el campo de las estadísticas de la economía informal y van desde nociones de “no hay estadística alguna”, hasta  “las...

Conmemorando los 20 años de la histórica ley internacional sobre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores a domicilio

Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services

The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.

Women Workers in the Informal Sector in South Asia: Creating an Enabling Environment

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Subcontracted Women Workers in the Global Economy: Case of Garment Industry in India

Do Economic Reforms Influence Home-Based Work? Evidence From India

A Crise Econômica Global e a Economia Informal – Sumario Executivo

Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...