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Advocacy MaterialsStatistical Insights on Home-Based Workers in the World
Globally, 260 million women and men produce goods or provide services from in or around their homes: 86% (more than 224 million workers)...
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Statistical BriefsPessoas em emprego informal no Brasil: Um perfil estatístico
Pessoas trabalhadoras do Brasil, pessoas trabalhadoras domésticas do Brasil, pessoas catadoras de recicláveis brasileiras, COVID-19 no Brasil. ...
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PostClimate Change and Just Transition February 28, 2023Climate Crisis, Health and Informality: Building a Movement Across Borders
Workers in informal employment experience frequent workplace exposure to a range of occupational health and safety risks. The climate crisis...
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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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Resource DocumentsHome-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia
This joint WIEGO and HomeNet Cambodia study adds to the limited research on home-based workers and their access to social-protection programmes...
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Organizing BriefsThe Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan
This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...
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Resource DocumentsNew Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana
The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a...
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Resource DocumentsHome-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
In both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,...
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PostBuilding Collective Power October 12, 2022Joining Hands to Organize Home-Based Workers
In this interview, HomeNet International Coordinator Janhavi Dave tells us of proud moments in the home-based workers’ movement and shares...
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Policy BriefsClaiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi
Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...
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