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India’s growth story is a paradox. While India has seen impressive growth in its Gross Domestic Product and per capita income, these gains have
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The global trade union movement has been lobbying for an ILO Convention on gender-based violence (GBV) for many years. As a result, the ILO
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The term ‘Dependent Contractor’ is an international term adopted at The 20th International Conference of Labour
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Like most Saturdays in Nepal, April 25, 2015, was also off to a quiet start. Mostly people stayed home, the streets were quiet, and a majority of
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Global supply chains are a key source of economic opportunity in today’s globalized economy. But the quality of and returns from those
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The Kathmandu Declaration for the rights of South Asian home-based workers was adapted by representatives of South Asian Governments, UN agencies
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The Government of India is committed to inclusive growth, where the benefits of development also reach the last person in the remotest village or
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Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Pakistan adopted by the Committee at its fifty fourth session (11 February – 1 March 2013
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A Bill to formulate the law relating persons who work in the informal or unorganized sector carrying out remunerative work within their homes or
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The Homebased Workers Policy workshop was held on 7th and 8th March 2017, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and attended by participants at
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A half day city official workshop has been held in Dhaka, BIAM Centre on 4th June, 2012. City officials from different department of Dhaka City
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A three-day long nonresidential training workshop on organizing & leadership for the identified HBWs in Dhaka city was organized at Radda MCH
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This study contributes to the development of understanding of supply chain with which the women homeworkers are involved. We have studied the
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DSK has been implementing the project entitled ‘World Class Cities for All’ in partnership with HomeNet South Asia Trust since 2013. The major
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Saathi conducted three day training on Public speaking(3rd-5th August 2016, at Kathmandu). As decided, SAATHI, hired, Ms. Kripa Basnyat (executive
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The workshop started with registration of the workshop. All together 41 participants (32 female and 9 male) from 7 countries registered for the
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The Second Advisory Board Meeting of HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) was held on the 11th and 12th of May, 2017, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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This action research project has been carried out by Home Net South Asia with research inputs from the Institute of Social Studies Trust. The
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In the South Asian region, women can play an important role in peace building activities by connecting to each other through their occupations.
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Regional Workshop on Home based workers in Asia: Building a Regional Presence Mumbai, April 7th and 8th, 2008. The key objective of this workshop
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HomeNet Nepal in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) India and Nepal office, Global Labour Institute, Geneva and HomeNet South Asia (
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Homebased Workers are among the most vulnerable of all urban informal workers. They work within or near their homes as own account (self-employed
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The meeting was attended by the 14 Advisory Board members or their proxies, 3 Trustees and some special invitees, as given in Annex 1. The Agenda
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home-based work included skilled artisan production and entrepreneurial activities as well as low-skilled manual work and survival activities. In
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The joint Conference-Workshop was participated in by 39 representatives from five (5)South Asian countries, namely, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
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HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) Group comprises of HomeNet South Asia Trust and Associations of Homebased Workers in South
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This manual was written by Dave Spooner and edited by Celia Mather. Our special thanks go to the staff of WIEGO, HomeNet South Asia, the SEWA
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Homeworkers are part of a broader category of workers called home-based workers. It is the location or place of work that characterizes home-
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The 'key issues' studies of urban poor homebased workers in South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan) and Southeast Asian countries (
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