Home-Based Workers

The Journey of Varshaben: From Vegetable Vending to Video SEWA

Young women have few opportunities to break out of the roles they are traditionally expected to take on in their families and as workers....

SEWA Newsletter No. 44

Contents:       Women’s menstrual cycles are a “plague” : Findings from a SEWA study     SEWA’s agricultural campaigns    ...

Role of CBO in Social Protection – SEWA’s Experience

This presentation shares information about Social Protection work by SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association).

Case Study: Mrs Fatimah Yiha ( Hijab Embroidery)

Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade

The work of women informal workers remains undervalued, unrecognized and underpaid. It is still perceived as a secondary activity even when...

Plan de acción global de los trabajadores y las trabajadoras a domicilio

also in English

A jornada de Varshaben: de vendedora de verduras à Vídeo SEWA

Mulheres jovens possuem poucas oportunidades de romper com os papéis que tradicionalmente se espera que elas assumam em suas famílias e como...

ILO Convention 177 on Home Work and Why it Should be Ratified

Advocacy MaterialsC177 and homeworkers

Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM noviembre 2016

Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), diciembre 2015 Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín...

Cooperation among workers in the informal economy

This presentation is a summary of the main findings of an ILO-WIEGO study on the nature and role of cooperatives and other Social and Solidarity...