Home-Based Workers

Home-based Workers: Data from the 1990 Census of Population

Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns

Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...

Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

The Urban Informal Workforce: Home-Based Workers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...

Cooperation among workers in the informal economy: A focus on home-based workers and waste pickers

This joint report by the International Labour Organization and WIEGO aims to deepen understanding on the nature and role of cooperatives...

Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development: Women’s Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy

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Approaches to Basic Service Delivery for the Working Poor: Assessing the Impact of Mahila Housing Trust’s Parivartan Slum Upgrading Programme in Ahmedabad, India

Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services....

Women’s Home-Centered Work in India: The Gendered Politics of SpaceInternational Planning Development Review

The increase in poorly paid home-centred work has become a global phenomenon. In India, social restrictions on women’s spatial mobility...

The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of subcontracted Work in a Global Economy

As described on amazon.com, “The Hidden Assembly Line studies the impact of subcontracted work in different national settings, linking...