HNI successfully completed a 10-week-long online course on crowdfunding for its affiliates. The course was held in English and was attended by 68 participants from 32 affiliate organisations from Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions. The course was organised by HNI in partnership with WIEGO and was delivered by Mr. Marco Kuntze from Relishing Digital,...
Our second issue brings closure to a memorable 2022 and pays tribute to our beloved Elaben Bhatt, founder and former Secretary General of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India English, Spanish ...
The pandemic has had a huge impact on the lives and livelihoods of home-based workers and their organisations. This has been accompanied by natural and human-made disasters in various parts of the world leading to double jeopardy for home-based workers. ...
The second session of the Access to Markets webinar for COTRADO ALAC took place on September 8th, 2022. In attendance were participants from Latin America, HNI and WIEGO and invited guests from Undugu Fair Trade Ltd, ATEMDO Brazil and Sabah Nepal. ...
The second session of the Access to Markets webinar for HomeNet Southeast Asia took place on August 20th, 2022, with participants drawn from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. In attendance were representatives from HNI, WIEGO and invited guests from the Philippines and Kenya....
The second session of the Access to Markets webinar for HomeNet Africa took place on the 4th of August, 2022, with participants drawn from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. In attendance were representatives from HNI, WIEGO and invited guests from Zimbabwe and Ghana. ...
HomeNet International hosted its first session on access to markets with affiliates on March 30, 2022. Examples of different models of organising and successful strategies used by affiliates during the pandemic were shared....
In this episode of the Clean Clothes Podcast Janhavi Dave, HomeNet International, Zehra Khan, Home Based Women Workers Federation, Poonsap Tulaphan, HomeNet Thailand & Foundation for Labour and Employment Promotion share how home-based workers – mostly working in the garment sector – have organised over several decades, and their main wins. Listen here ...
This study reveals the differentiated pathways of impact COVID-19 has had on the informal workforce, and thus recovery for different groups of informal workers approximately a year and a half into the pandemic. The study shows that the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis remains deep and persistent for workers at the base of the...
This paper examines the degree – and pathways – of impact on different sectors of informal workers and, within sectors, by key variables (status in employment, place of work, goods/services provided, and gender). The study provides insights from informal workers in their own words and concludes with common demands for recovery by local organizations of...
