An Interview with Patricia Coñoman, newly elected Councilwoman of the municipality of El Bosque
Patricia Coñoman, member of the International Working Committee of HomeNet International and one of the coordinators of CONATRADO Chile, talked to HNI about her trajectory in the struggle for the rights of home-based workers, as well as the factors that determined her...
ILC 2021 events where HNI was present Suntaree H. Saeng-ging Regional coordinator of HomeNet South East Asia. 16 June 2021 My name is Suntaree H. Saeng-ging, from Thailand. I am the regional coordinator of HomeNet South East Asia and a Working Committee Member of HomeNet International. HomeNet International is a newly launched network of 36 home-based worker organizations worldwide, representing...
By: Chris Bonner and Janhavi Dave
On 23 and 24 February 2021, home-based workers from 20 countries launched HomeNet International (HNI) – a global organisation of democratic, membership-based organisations of home-based workers....
The Nordic Folk School
Discussion with the Network representatives on COVID-19 and its impact on women workers in the informal economy and how to ensure a recovery that takes into account the need to transition from the informal to the formal economy....
There are over 1.5 million home-based workers in Nepal, who represent 22 per cent of total employment. ...
ILO report analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chains in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. ...
Globally, 260 million women and men are employed in home-based work, including 35 million in developed countries. ...
In recent years, home-based work has grown in Pakistan. This growth is due to an increase in the number of women doing home-based work, while the number of men in home-based work has declined. ...
There are several million home-based workers in Bangladesh, who represent 5 percent of non-agricultural employment and 12 percent of agricultural employment. ...
Between 2011-12 and 2017-18, the number of home-based workers decreased significantly. The drop was greater than the drop in India’s total employment and was largely due to the significant decrease in the employment of women in home-based agricultural work. ...
