Region: Asia & the Pacific

Integrating Occupational Health into Public Health Provision: The Case of HomeNet Thailand

HomeNet Thailand (HNT) has long advocated for the integration of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) into the Thai Universal Coverage...

Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO 2008 Dialogue – Ahmedabad and Delhi – Compendium of Personal and Technical Notes

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators

Abstract: In this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network...

Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal

This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....

Regulating supply-chains to address the occupational health and safety problems associated with precarious employment: The case of home-based clothing workers in AustraliaAustralian Journal of Labour Law

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Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries

Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005

Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.

Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...

Child Labour in Industrial Outworker Households in India

Working Paper 12: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly...