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This section offers a variety of resources, including research studies, capacity-building materials, advocacy resources, HNI’s official reports, and videos specifically tailored for our affiliate members. Our goal is to provide essential tools and information for members and anyone interested in learning more about the home-based worker sector.

“We Shall Overcome” sung by HBWs around the world.

Home-based workers united through song in different languages for HNI Launch.

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Ela Bhatt speech for HNI Launch

Ela Bhatt, the founder of SEWA and the pioneer of home-based workers movement traces the history of the movement.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Home-Based Workers Around the World: Workers Speak up and Demand Recovery Efforts (May Day: Webinar)

On 30th April 2021, home-based workers affiliate members of HNI came together to commemorate International Workers’ Day, along with emerging affiliates, allies and sister organizations, to highlight their struggles and demands more than one year into the pandemic.

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The What? Why? And How? Of ILO Convention 177 on Homework 1996 and Why it Should be Ratified?

A comprehensive guide to understanding the importance of ILO C177, the Home Work Convention. It covers the nature of home-based work, the types of work that home-based workers do, and their significance in the global economy. The guide explores the...

Impact of COVID-19 on Women Home-Based Workers in South Asia: February 2020 to August 2021

The second round of investigation into how women home-based workers (HBWs) in South Asia are affected by the continuing crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Impact of COVID-19 on Women HBWs in South Asia: December, 2020

The study explores how women home-based workers (HBWs) in South Asia have been affected by the threat and spread of COVID-19, how they are coping, and what might be needed in the near and long-term futures to help them recover.

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Promoting Decent Work For Homeworkers in Global Garment and Textile Supply Chains

The paper examines the implications and impact of corporate codes of conduct of international brands in global garment and textile supply chains on the fair and decent treatment of homeworkers.

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Promoting Decent Work for Women Home-Based Workers in Values Chains: Cases from India and Nepal

This report has documented details of earnings, work patterns, employment opportunities for home-based women workers linked to global or domestic brands in the garment sector. The study has also explored the strategies and innovative practices that have been put in...