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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Statistical Briefs

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    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...

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  • Policy Briefs

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    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. ...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    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....

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