May 2023

HomeNet International / 2023 (Page 10)

Solidarity Economy Home-Based Workers Association - Brazil
This network of workers aims to achieve the following: increase the visibility and gain recognition of home-based workers as employees, build and provide solidarity among workers on common issues, and use the power of an institutional voice to influence...

The HBWs in Kenya are to be found spread across the country operating under the MSME’s as entrepreneurs
Often times double or triple up as street vendors, small scale farmers and/or merchandizers of their goods across open air markets, stalls or suppliers of curio shops/hotel gift...

Sadhna is a Women’s Handicraft Enterprise specialized in Patchwork, Appliqué and Tanka embroidery.
Sadhna is a Women’s Handicraft Enterprise that started with 15 participants in 1988 and expanded over three decades to a family of over 700 trained women artisans in the Udaipur and Rajsamand Districts...

HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) in partnership with its members HomeNet Pakistan (HNP) in Pakistan, Social Awareness and Voluntary Association (SAVE) & Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Bharat in India and SAARC Business Association of Home-Based Workers (SABAH) Nepal in Nepal developed the report on “The Decent Work Deficit of Homeworkers in Selected Cities in South Asia”. Data...

HomeNet South Asia (HNSA), in collaboration with WIEGO, hosted a virtual parallel event at NGO CSW67 Event on “Home-Based Workers – Organising for Change”. A total of 115 participants were present virtually in this virtual session. In this panel discussion, home-based workers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, South Africa, and Uganda had the chance to share...