
All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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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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Public and Workplace Services December 10, 2019How Universal Health Coverage Reaches the World’s Poorest: Community Health Workers
Pushpa Rathod’s work days are unpredictable. On any given day, she may be talking to adolescents about their health, counseling women working...
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Dec 02 2019
Technical Deep Dive: Improving Infrastructure, Services and Livelihoods in Low Income Urban Settlements
- December 2, 2019 - December 6, 2019
- Tokyo, Japan
WIEGO’s Marty Chen, Jenna Harvey and Sonia Dias brought expertise on urban informal livelihoods and presented case studies on inclusive...
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Advocacy Materials
Towards Universal Health Coverage for Home-Based Workers in Southeast Asia
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has become a rallying call for the global health movement and is now officially encapsulated within the United...
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Statistics November 05, 2019City-level statistical snapshots for South Africa and Thailand available for the first time
WIEGO’s Statistics Programme is launching a new set of Statistical Briefs that provide key indicators of informal employment and key...
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Access to Public Space October 29, 2019“I, Too, am Delhi”: People’s Campaign Calls for Inclusion in Indian Capital’s Master Plan
India’s capital city is preparing its roadmap for the future – a new master planning document that sets out the vision for Delhi for two...
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Child Care October 05, 2019Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers
October 7 is World Day for Decent Work with a focus this year on “investing in the care economy.” Whether providing preventative health information,...
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Resource Documents
Bangkok’s Street Vending Ban: A Summary of the Research on the Social and Economic Impacts
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