Home-Based Workers

Estimating Domestic Workers, Home-Based Workers, Street Vendors and Waste Pickers in India

Organizing Homeworkers: The Use of Mapping as an Organizing ToolWork, Employment and Society

El Progreso de las Mujeres en el Mundo 2005: Mujeres, Trabajo, y Pobreza

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Reading the Signposts: Social Protection for Home Based Women Workers in South Asia

The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of subcontracted Work in a Global Economy

As described on amazon.com, “The Hidden Assembly Line studies the impact of subcontracted work in different national settings, linking...

Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal

This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....

Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases

Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

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Every Pair Tells a Story: Report on a Survey of Homeworking and Subcontracting Chains in Six Countries of the European Union

The six countries included in the report are Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, and The Netherlands.