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By: Richa Macsuedon, HomeNet South Asia Senior Programme CoordinatorHomeNet South Asia (HNSA) recently hosted its Advisory Board Meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 18 and 19 November 2024. The two-day event brought together HNSA’s Board of Trustees, new Advisory Board members (comprising its affiliate organizations and nominated representatives from WIEGO and HomeNet International), and the HNSA...

By: Edwin Bett, HomeNet Africa Regional Coordinator and HNI HomeNet Africa, in conjunction with HomeNet International, is running an access-to-markets initiative aimed at improving the livelihoods and working conditions of home-based workers (HBWs) in the countries where our affiliates operate. This initiative follows a series of six webinars conducted between March 2022 and February 2024, which covered...

By: Edwin Bett, HomeNet Africa Regional Coordinator SYTRIECI Rwanda, a nationwide trade union representing informal workers, undertook the task of mapping and organizing home-based workers from its over 8,000 union members involved in various informal economic activities, including street vending, market trading, domestic work, waste collection, and home-based production. This initiative took place between September 19...

By: Edileuza Guimarães, President of ATEMDO and HNI Executive Committee memberLaunch of the parliamentary front in support of informal economy workersFrom December 2 to 4, we were in the national capital, Brasília, alongside street vendors, waste pickers, app workers, and domestic workers to advocate for government action. Our requests included the issuance of a decree...

By: Tatiana Rojas, Coordinator of CONATRADO Chile and HNI Executive Committee memberWithin the framework of modernizing Law 16,744 on occupational accidents in Chile, CONATRADO and other trade union organizations have initiated a government advocacy action plan to ensure that the modernization aligns with workers’ interests.In November, CONATRADO representatives held a meeting with the president of...

By: Carlos Sánchez, Regional Coordinator of COTRADO ALACThe National Network of Self-Employed Workers (RENATTA) is an organization that brings together various groups of workers in informal and unregulated employment, including home-based workers.On October 22nd, RENATTA held a meeting for the International Home-Based Workers Day in the district of San Martin de Porres, Lima, where strategies...

Thoses courses was developed in collaboration with the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), HomeNet International, StreetNet International, and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) for member-based organizations (MBOs) of workers in informal employment. Writing a Project Plan Part ONE: Developing Outcomes and ObjectivesEnglish Spanish French Writing a Project...