Meeting

Third Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America

Home-based workers organizations and supporters from across the globe converged in Lima, Peru when WIEGO, together with the regional partnership for home-based workers in Latin America, Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC), hosted the Third Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America.

The 2019 meeting, held 18-19 September, provided a platform for the exchange of information and reflection on the realities and issues facing home-based workers in Latin America in an attempt to strengthen these organizations at the local, regional and global level. 

Key objectives for the meeting included: 

  • Strengthening home-based worker organizations
  • Sharing information on activities related to HBWs that WIEGO has developed in the Latin American region
  • Discussing organizational development challenges: planning, sustainability and communications
  • Discussing and defining the role of Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC) and establishing a committee
  • Discussing issues related to the process of creating HomeNet International

List of Participating Organizations

  • Sindicato de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores en Domicilio "Lo Espejo"
  • Sindicato de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores dependientes e independientes Luis Gauthier
  • Red Binacional Niu Matat Napawika
  • Red Binacional Niu Matat Napawika
  • Cooperativa Maesol
  • Asociación Aprovej
  • Grupo de Trabajadoras en Domicilio San Isidro
  • ONG Mujeres Transformando
  • SUA PIT-CNT
  • CTCP- FNT
  • Federacion de Cooperativas de Costureros CTEP
  • KEFAT (Kenya)
  • Envirojewels- Homebased Network Uganda
  • HomeNet South Asia HNSA
  • WIEGO Team ( Focal City Lima and Organization and Representation Programme)

The Second Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters was held in May 2017 in Santiago, Chile. During this meeting, the decision was made to create the Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC) , a regional partnership of HBWs that is currently working towards accelerating the progress of  home-based workers’ rights in the region.

More Information

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Read Report on Second Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America
 

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