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  • Project

    Global Movement of Home-Based Workers

    History of this Movement Home-based workers approached SEWA. We realized that many ’housewives’ are workers, but are invisible – even for...

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  • Informational Article

    Rethinking Formalization

    The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,...

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  • Page

    Home-Based Workers

    Women’s Economic Empowerment – Home-Based Workers Organized Strength for Home-Based Workers was a research and advocacy collaboration...

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  • Informational Article

    Informal Workers and the Law

    WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers....

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  • News
    Building Collective Power August 02, 2019

    C177: The Homework Convention – It’s Time for Action!

    A homeworker in Thailand prepares an order. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images ReportageOn 20 June 1996, homeworkers around the world scored...

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  • Informational Article

    Home-Based Workers Organizing

    Without strong organizations, home-based workers cannot access information about employment opportunities, workers’ rights, changing...

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  • Project

    Habitat III

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  • SV Accra Jonathan Torgovnik Project

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study

    A 10-city study on three continents, led by WIEGO, offered insight into the grounded reality of waste pickers, street/market traders and...

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  • Worker Story

    Sewing a Better Future: Sarita, Home-Based Worker, Nepal

    For 11 years, Sarita Adhikary has been working with the Women Skill Development Organization in Nepal. She still vividly remembers her first...

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  • Garment worker in India (photo courtesy of HNSA) Page

    Garment Workers

    The growing global garment industry exemplifies the challenges of global manufacturing: low wages, “flexible” (or no) contracts...

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