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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo: Trabalhadoras Domiciliares em Ahmedabad, na Índia

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  • Global Reports

    Summary of Key Findings from Cooperation Among Workers in the Informal Economy: A Focus on Home-Based Workers and Waste Pickers

    This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities,...

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  • Research Reports
  • Journal Articles

    Neither Seen Nor Heard: South Asia’s Millions of Home-based Workers

    Home-based workers in South Asia number in the tens of millions and are essential to many industries, yet remain invisible and disregarded...

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  • Journal Articles

    Gender, Work Intensity, and Well-Being of Thai Home-Based WorkersFeminist Economics

    Abstract: The contribution explores the time-use dimensions of the individual well-being of home-based workers in Thailand’s urban...

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  • Research Reports

    The Beedi Industry in India: An Overview

    A report on Improving Working Conditions and Employment Opportunities for Women Workers in Beedi Industry by Best Practices Foundation for...

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  • Technical Briefs

    How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA Trust

    Nohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure...

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  • Global Reports

    Resumo dos principais achados – Cooperacao entre trabalhadores na economia informal: Um foco nos trabalhadores e trabalhadoras domiciliares e catadores e catadoras de material reciclavel

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  • Journal Articles

    The Tobacco Industry and Women’s Employment: Old Concerns and New Imperatives

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  • Research Reports

    Report of the Independent Group on Home-Based Workers

    A large section of the national workforce is predominantly home-based workers who tend to remain invisible, both physically as they are working...

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