Home-Based Workers

Social Protection for Informal Workers in the Garment Industry: Philippines and Thailand

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...

In Demand in a Globalised World: Women Home Based WorkersSamyukta: a Journal of Women’s Studies

Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...

Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases

Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...

Counting the Invisible Workforce: The Case of Home-based Workers

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...

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

Social Protection for Home-Based Women Workers in South Asia: Learning from Action and Research

This action research project has been carried out by Home Net South Asia with research inputs from the Institute of Social Studies Trust. ...

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....