India

Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Tiruppur, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Known as the “T-Shirt Capital of the World”, Tiruppur is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu State, South India. Around 800,000 workers...

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Webinar Report

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented public health and humanitarian crisis, marked by forced lockdowns, social distancing, and...

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Policy Brief

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Nagaland

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Nagaland, as well as highlight key policy...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Kerala State

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in India’s Kerala State, where the minimum...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Bihar State

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Bihar State. Bihar included domestic workers...