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  • Project Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights 1: Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to lockdown effects on workers’ earnings and relief measures for informal workers...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Thai: Towards Universal Health Coverage for Home-Based Workers in Southeast Asia

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  • Stories/Case Studies
  • Stories/Case Studies

    SEWA Social Security Case Studies

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  • Pakistan home-based worker - cover photo SB26 Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in Pakistan: A Statistical Profile

    In recent years, home-based work has grown in Pakistan. This growth is due to an increase in the number of women doing home-based work, while...

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  • Home-based potter in Bangladesh Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: A Statistical Profile

    In Bangladesh, there were about 3.2 million non-agricultural and 7.4 million agricultural home-based workers, according to the 2016/17 Labour...

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  • Four working women wearing masks Project

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study

    WIEGO and our partners are listening long and hard to informal workers through our multi-city study: COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy....

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Working in Garment Supply Chains: A Homeworker’s Toolkit (high-res)

    The Working in Garment Supply Chains: A Homeworker’s Toolkit was developed in response to a demand by HNSA’s membership. It aims to offer...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Working in Garment Supply Chains: A Homeworker’s Toolkit (low-res)

    The Working in Garment Supply Chains: A Homeworker’s Toolkit was developed in response to a demand by HNSA’s membership. It aims to offer...

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  • Bhavna Ramesh sews purses at home. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study

    Women who work from home ‘shrouded in a cloak of invisibility’

    “When we think of work-from-home, let us enable and promote better living and working conditions not just for the elite, but also for the...

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