Home-Based Workers

Craft Supply Chains in Africa: Consolidating Our Findings

Key Points

‘I Want to be Protected’: Experiences and Perspectives of Informal Workers on Social Security in Thailand

This brief explores the experiences of self-employed workers with Article 40 of Thailand’s Social Security Fund on the basis of focus group...

‘ฉันต้องการได้รับการคุ้มครอง’: ประสบการณ์และมุมมองของแรงงานนอกระบบต่อการประกันสังคมในประเทศไทย – WIEGO Policy Brief No. 31

How the Cost-of-Living Crisis Hurts Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

The cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok in many ways, including forcing their households to cut...

Shouldering the Burden: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

The qualitative data collected in this Policy Brief show how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok....

Chains and Challenges: Craft Supply Chains in Africa

Because crafts are such an important source of work and income for home‑based workers in Africa, HomeNet Africa, in partnership with WIEGO,...

Innovative Legislation in Australia Protects Homeworkers in the Garment and Footwear Sector

Key Points Outworkers in Australia’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry are known to be particularly vulnerable to exploitation...

Improving the Visibility of the Philippines’ Informal Workforce

In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines...

Documento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT

Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...

Global Position Paper: A Just Transition for Workers in Informal Employment, prepared for the 111th session of the International Labour Conference

In this brief, WIEGO and four global networks of workers in informal employment including HomeNet International, the International Alliance...