February 2025

HomeNet International’s study sheds light on the harsh realities faced by home-based workers in global supply chains, revealing unfair wages, poor working conditions, and a lack of legal protections. The session called for stronger due diligence and meaningful policy engagement to ensure these workers’ voices shape fairer, more inclusive labor practices....

This session spotlighted the hidden realities of footwear and garment supply chains, revealing the informal employment of workers in workshops and homes. Featuring new ILO analysis and launching HomeNet International’s post-pandemic study, the discussion emphasized the need for Human Rights Due Diligence to protect, not undermine, homeworkers’ livelihoods....

This panel explored the urgent need to include homeworkers in EU legislation and corporate due diligence. Hear from workers, organizers, and researchers as they shared best practices, policy demands, and a new toolkit to help brands protect their supply chains from human rights violations....

HNI Access to Markets (A2M) Session 2 – Getting fundamentals right and working towards activities to be taken up Twenty-one HNI affiliates from Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, along with other participating MBOs from HNA, joined the webinar, which was conducted as a consultative process through an online discussion format. All participants contributed equally by...

HNI Access to Markets (A2M) Session 1 – Getting fundamentals right and working towards activities to be taken up Twenty-one HNI affiliates from Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, along with other participating MBOs from HNA, joined the webinar, which was conducted as a consultative process through an online discussion format. All participants contributed equally by way...