Poem by Patricia Coñoman, Interim Regional Representative, CONATRADO CHILE Today we are celebrating, we join hands and we Organize internationally, in spite of everything. Today we are present, standing with dignity Who could imagine that home- based workers Not even the pandemic could subdue them and That we can build, even if it’s virtually. I have a glass in my hand to be...
Campaña Global de los 16 Días En esta pandemia las trabajadoras en domicilio como las del comercio ambulatorio nuestra situación a sido critico económicamente ya que no se pudo trabajar mas las autoridades se dedicaron a desalojar clausurar los comercios ...
Beth Lunkuse, home-based worker from Uganda explains in this video how too..She recently participated in a competition, it looked at how , to help re-imagine the future of food markets in Africa, to exhibit vital connections between the planet and our plates, and look at new approaches to the way food is processed. By looking at...
In Nicaragua, since March 18, when the first case of Covid-19 was reported, the Government took all the prevention measures guided by the WHO and put into practice all the protocols of the Ministry of Health, in turn carried out campaigns, talks and trainings at the national level, sensitizing citizens about all prevention measures against...
Luisa, what are you doing at home? How old are you I'm 35. Well apart from taking care of my 4 children I don't do anything else. (10-8.7-3 age of children...
Since the dawn of civilisation, when economies were rudimentary, and currency was still in the form of cowries and coarse metal, labour has largely been informal. Despite rapid modernisation, beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, the informal economy has continued to expand, employing millions. Workers in the informal sector shape the globalised...
Experiences of home-based worker running a small workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. Since the start of the national Lockdown in South Africa, home-based workers were severely affected. Abby’s story is one of several thousands who suffered loss of income during this period. In fact, since the beginning of 2020 Abby had no work....
Experiences of Home-based Workers of the Litha Cooperative, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
We work together in the Litha Cooperative, a registered cooperative in Cape Town. The group is composed of eight women home-based workers. We are one of seven cooperatives that get regular work from the social enterprise, Township Patterns....
In your eyes I have seen a partner, a home worker what are you and pillar of life, indicated when with the pandemic it becomes cruel, ruthless and it makes you a victim, and also strength and hope....
Raise your arms, fellow worker, with all our strength for which we are, alive with fury for those who are not by the Covid snatched and with hope for those to come. Raise your hands and let's make a chain of unity, of simple hands We are in the north, we are in the south, we are in the east,...
