Region: Nepal

Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade

This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...

Seen but not heard: Urban voice and citizenship for street traders

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Informality in South Asia: A Review

This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,...

Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Fair Trade: Case Studies from India and Nepal

This article gives a summary of experiences from India and Nepal from an action research project on producer organizations of working poor...

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....

Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

Extending Livelihood Opportunities and Social Protection to Empower Poor Urban Informal Workers in Asia

Fact Sheet: Women Organizing for Fair Trade in Nepal

This two-page fact sheet contains details of the Dutch government-funded (MDG3) Fair Trade project in Nepal.

GEFONT Weekly News

Weekly News in English and Nepali from General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT).

Women’s Skills Development Project, Nepal: Fair Trade

By Laxan Kundan. This movie recounts how two members of the Fair Trade Group Nepal, the Association for Craft Producers and Women’s...