Home-Based Workers

Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place...

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...