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Delhi Declaration of Home-based Workers
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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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Rethinking Formalization
The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,...
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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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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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Building Collective Power August 02, 2019C177: 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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Home-Based Workers Organizing
Without strong organizations, home-based workers cannot access information about employment opportunities, workers’ rights, changing...
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Habitat III
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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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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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