Home-Based Workers

Out of the Shadows: Homebased Workers Organize for International Recognition

SEEDS, No. 18

Case Studies of Home-Based Workers

Supported by UNIFEM

A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...

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...

Challenges and Experiences in Organizing Home-Based Workers in Bulgaria

The Home-Based Workers’ Association in Bulgaria is an extraordinary example of how informal women workers have managed to build a strong...

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....

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...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

No Cushion to Fall Back On – Executive Summary

Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

No Cushion to Fall Back On The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers

The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage...