Home-Based Workers

The Material and the Symbolic: Intersectionalities of Home-Based Work in IndiaEconomic and Political Weekly

Capital has an overarching logic of accumulation in general and yet the economic rationale, intercepted by national and local configurations...

Sumário Executivo: Trabalhadoras Domiciliares em Ahmedabad, na Índia

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,...

Gender, Informality and Poverty

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Rights of Home-based Workers