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The months of September and October in Nicaragua are characterized by the celebration of the national holidays, a period that is used by home-based workers and self-employed workers to increase their sales and the supply of their products.During this period as an organisation we accompanied the unions in their events, participating in fairs where they...

ATEMDO has been carrying out activities as planned, highlighting greater emphasis on organisational issues by using ILO Conventions, and also by focusing activities that enhance the well-being of home-based workers. We highlight the following activities from the past three months: Virtual Meeting on ILO Convention 177 Virtual meeting with speaker, lawyer and sociologist Pery to discuss ILO...

In November 2023 HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) held a webinar on the issue of climate change which provided a comprehensive overview of the challenges faced by individuals working from home. The discussion centred on three critical aspects: drought, extreme heating, and excessive rains, and their repercussions on the livelihoods and well-being of home-based workers.The three...

HomeNet Africa carried forward the lessons learnt from the implementation of the livelihood projects with HomeNet Kenya membership in the period 2021/2022 and rolled out a technical support approach to the HomeNet International affiliates in Uganda. The program supports beekeeping, fruit-drying and fish farming initiatives by the affiliates.The activity took place in the Kayunga district...

HomeNet Africa Strategic Planning and Implementation Oversight Committee is a team of individuals drawn from each of the participating country networks of home-based workers (HBWs) from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda and South Africa. The Committee held a three-day meeting between the 2nd and 6th of October, 2023, at the MS-TCDC Arusha, Tanzania.The group met...

HomeNet Kenya hosts HomeNet International's inaugural Strategic Planning Meeting, paving the way for HNI's 4-year plan and focusing on HNI's global advocacy campaign for Home-Based Workers' rights and key programs like the Access to Markets Programme, highlighting their significance in advancing the welfare of HBWs worldwide....