All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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News
COVID-19 Crisis Study May 08, 2020Ela R. Bhatt explains how to rebuild a society less susceptible to debt, disease and devastation
Ela R. Bhatt, long-time activist, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union in India, and also a founder of...
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Advocacy Materials
Asia Floor Wage Alliance Statement on Garment Workers’ Demands – COVID-19
As the economic, human and labour rights impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic become global and pervasive, we are seeing garment workers in global...
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News
COVID-19 Crisis Study April 04, 2020Focal City Delhi: COVID-19 response
When India went into an abrupt lockdown on March 24, it triggered a high-profile humanitarian crisis as migrant workers scrambled to get...
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Building Collective Power April 03, 2020To die from hunger or the virus: An all too real dilemma for the poor in India (and elsewhere)
The double tsunami of the pandemic and lockdown in India will continue to have devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the poor,...
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Advocacy Materials
SEWA’s Federation of Cooperatives: Health, livelihood and social protection strategies for immediate and long-term relief among informal women workers
Noting “The outbreak is widely being considered two epidemics – a health crisis and a livelihood loss epidemic,” SEWA’s...
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Advocacy Materials
SEWA’s Appeal for Helping Informal Sector Workers during COVID 19 crisis
SEWA’s Appeal submitted to the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment & Union Minister of Finance for Helping Informal Sector...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks
Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace. To support...
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Working Papers
Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective
This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...
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Organization
HomeNet Thailand
HomeNet Thailand was founded in 1999 as an NGO to support home-based workers across Thailand. Today, HomeNet Thailand consists of:
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Global Advocacy and Negotiations December 23, 2019Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won
In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...
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