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A tragic fire in a textile sweatshop fueled an Argentinian workers’ movement to form co-operatives and obtain legal rights.  Epifania “Fanny” Espinola Garcia well remembers that electrical fire in March 2006 that killed five children and a pregnant woman  who worked and lived under appalling conditions.  At the time, Fanny’s working conditions as a home-based textile...

Activism is Tatiana Venus Rojas Orellana’s birthright. Her grandfather was a union activist in mining, her mother, a skillful vendor, spoke out for human rights and raised Tatiana to be an activist. “She wouldn’t teach me how to cook or anything,” said Tatiana, with a engaging grin. Beginning with her university student union during the Chilean...

On February 24-25, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam, HomeNet Southeast Asia invited Ms. Maria Lucette Parrilla Dela Rosa from the Philippines to conduct Digital Marketing & Website Development Training for its member countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.  The training aimed to equip participants with essential digital marketing skills, particularly in website development and social media...

By: Suntaree Saeng-ging, HNSEA Executive Director The HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA) Executive Committee meeting was held in Ha Noi City, Vietnam, on February 24-25, 2025, with 15 participants from six member countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was co-hosted by the Gender, Family, and Community Development (GFCD) and the Social Work -...

By: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator for HomeNet South Asia The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women marked a special moment in Karachi with the Home-based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) seminar, "Women’s Resistance Knows No Borders."  The event celebrated the contributions of the legendary Dominican Republic revolutionaries, the Butterfly Sisters, using their example to...

By: Richa Macsuedon, Senior Programme Coordinator for HomeNet South Asia SABAH Nepal’s project locations in Nala and Panauti, located in the Kavre district, recently welcomed representatives from two of its supporting partners: the Government of Finland and UN Women Nepal. The delegation included Mr. Ville Taivo (Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of the Government of Finland),...

By: National Network of Self-Employed Workers (RENATTA) The National Network of Self-Employed Workers (RENATTA) met in March at the office of the non-governmental organization "Alternativa" with delegates of the Autonomous Workers' Confederation of Peru (CATP) to report on the importance of representing home-based workers and self-employed workers at the 113th International Assembly of the ILC, which...