Asia & the Pacific

Informal Workers and Legal Protection in Thailand

Overview of laws and demographics concerning informal workers, with an emphasis on access to social protection

Regional Conference of City Authorities on Home-Based Workers

A Regional Conference of City Authorities on Home-based Workers was organized by HomeNet South Asia and HomeNet Thailand on 7-9 May 2014...

Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India

• April 19, 2018 - April 20, 2018

Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India New Delhi, India Photo: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Image Reportage  In a collaboration...

National Consultation on Universal Health Care in India

• August 20, 2018 - August 21, 2018

The National Consultation on Universal Health Care (UHC) in India took place in New Delhi in August 2018. The workshop was organized by SEWA...

UN HLP Consultation: Women’s Voices from the Informal Economy at SEWA

• August 4, 2016 - August 5, 2016
• Ahmedabad, India

The consultation “Women’s Voices from the Informal Economy” brought together members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

Panel on Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India

• December 22, 2016
• New Delhi, India

New Delhi, India The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) organized the panel “Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India:...

Celebrating Home-Based Workers

• March 20, 2016
• Ahmedabad, India

Twenty Years and Time for Action Event Celebrating Home-Based Workers, an international event in March 2016, was organized by HomeNet South...

Street Vendor Exchange: NYC and Bangkok

• February 15, 2018

Bangkok, Thailand

Global Strategic Workshop for Waste Pickers

• April 24, 2012 - April 30, 2012

  Waste pickers’ organizations from Africa, Latin America and Asia gathered in Pune, India for the First Global Strategic Workshop of Waste...

Regional Course on Statistics on Informality: Informal economy, work and employment

• July 6, 2015 - July 10, 2015
• Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)
  Chiba, Japan.

A Regional Course on Statistics on Informality: Informal economy, work and employment was held 6-10 July 2015 at the Statistical Institute...