This manual, primarily for trade unionists and social movement activists, is designed to provoke and encourage discussion about homeworkers and their rights as workers, raise awareness about the international ILO Home Work Convention and its significance for homeworkers in each country, encourage homeworkers and their supporters to get the ILO Home Work Convention put into national law in their own country, and foster stronger organisation of homeworkers so that they can continue fighting for their rights.

Considered informal workers, they are often linked in the chain of production with little or no collective bargaining power to negotiate the terms of their labour with contractors.

Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.

Communicationsis a very important aspect of poor, self employed women’s lives and struggles,. These women communicate in their own way and with various groups in society. They are inspired by and draw strength from each other, and a sense of solidarity and unity develops among them.

An illustration poster outlining the different types of work done by home-based workers aimed at enhancing workers’ stories and understanding the wide variety of activities in the sector.