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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. 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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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. 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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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. 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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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. 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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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Home-Based Workers and the Law

    Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from in or around their own homes. Although largely invisible, they are engaged...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Page

    Definition of Home-Based Workers

    Statistical Definition This statistical definition of home-based workers was developed by the Independent Group on Home-Based Workers in...

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