Home-Based Workers

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.

Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade

This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...