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Worker Story
Sewing a Better Future: Sarita, Home-Based Worker, Nepal
For 11 years, Sarita Adhikary has been working with the Women Skill Development Organization in Nepal. She still vividly remembers her first...
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Garment Workers
The growing global garment industry exemplifies the challenges of global manufacturing: low wages, “flexible” (or no) contracts...
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Home-Based Workers and the Law
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from in or around their own homes. Although largely invisible, they are engaged...
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Definition of Home-Based Workers
Statistical Definition This statistical definition of home-based workers was developed by the Independent Group on Home-Based Workers in...
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Global Advocacy and Negotiations July 30, 2019New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment
When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...
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Building Collective Power March 05, 2019Sisterhood: How Solidarity Led Indian Women to Take on Gender Discrimination
Nazma is home-based worker who has often found herself at the mercy of the sub-contractors who employ her. But now she has joined forces...
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Statistics February 12, 2019Comprendre le terme statistique « non-salarié dépendant » : une interview avec Firoza Mehrotra
L’ajout d’une nouvelle catégorie « non-salarié dépendant » dans la Classification internationale des statuts d’emploi (CISE-18), en termes...
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Statistics February 12, 2019
Entender el término estadístico “contratista dependiente”: Una entrevista con Firoza Mehrotra
La inclusión de la nueva categoría “contratista dependiente” en la clasificación de la situación en la ocupación dentro de las estadísticas...
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Statistics February 12, 2019Understanding the Statistical Term “Dependent Contractor”: A Q&A with Firoza Mehrotra
The addition of a new category “dependent contractor” in the status in employment classification of labour statistics should lead to better...
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Livelihoods April 09, 2018In a Thai Cooperative, Home-based Workers Share Business Tips and Work
By Carlin CarrAt a bustling Bangkok market, vendor Aurapin Sakvichit happily greets customers interested in her wares: pink dresses, designer-style...
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