India
Timely intervention is very important to prevent gender-based violence (GBV). Police involvement is not always necessary; rather, it requires awareness, sensitivity, and a willingness to intervene...
Home-based workers often find it difficult to access government schemes, social security, and market opportunities because they are not connected to formal systems. Artisan Cards help bridge this gap...
Master Trainers Shanti Maharjan and Indramaya Maharjan led a Community Awareness session in Chandragiri to help home-based workers understand their identity, rights, and protections, and the forms of...
For millions of India’s Home-Based Workers (HBWs), balancing daily wage labour with domestic chores is a gruelling reality. Because their homes double as their workplace, their economic contributions...
Impact of LPG shortage on Tiruppur home-based workers. To understand the lived experiences of home-based working women affected by LPG shortages, four Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were conducted...
During the global ‘16 Days of Activism’, HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) hosted a regional webinar titled “Bridging Voices: Home-Based Worker Realities and Policy Pathways to End Violence.” The event...
Across India, millions of women earn their livelihoods from within the walls of their homes. These home-based workers (HBWs) sew garments, embroider sarees, make bangles, roll incense sticks, cut...
HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) recently organised an engaging regional webinar titled ‘Access to Markets’ on 29 April 2025, bringing together affiliate organisations from all across South Asia to discuss...
Payalben Hiteshbhai Ranat, a home-based worker from Isanpur, Ahmedabad, truly embodies the phrase, "Be the change you wish to see."
In September 2019, with support from Comic Relief, HomeNet South Asia and WIEGO collaborated on the Power Up programme. It was designed to create a global movement of home-based workers by...
HNSA is implementing the European Union’s co-funded “Hidden Homeworkers” project across India, Nepal and Pakistan. Within this project, wage cards were developed and distributed by HNSA grassroots...
The Eastern Himalayas straddle three South Asian nations, Nepal, India, and Bhutan, which also happen to be the main producers of large cardamom, a specialty spice that enjoys wide appeal across South...
How A Grassroot-Level Organiser, In Ahmedabad, India, Gave Up Her Daily Wages In Order To Organise Her Community And Link Them To Basic Services. Ramilaben lives in a crowded settlement of over 300...
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country went into lockdown on 24th March, resulting in a widespread humanitarian crisis for the many informal workers stranded without work or shelter, for...
New Delhi – India’s capital – is battling a particularly rough 2020. In February, 2020, riots broke out in large parts of the city. And just while the capital was limping back to normalcy, COVID-19...
Between 2011-12 and 2017-18, the number of home-based workers decreased significantly. The drop was greater than the drop in India’s total employment and was largely due to the significant decrease in...
The spread of COVID-19 across South Asia has resulted in the large-scale shutdown of business operations. While almost all industries have been adversely affected, the garment industry is one of the...
The Second Draft Code on Social Security (2018) Vs The Third Draft Code on Social Security (2019) - A Comparison From the Perspective of Unorganised Sector Workers.
The terms ‘invisible’ or ‘hidden’ are often used when referring to women homeworkers in garment and footwear supply chains. Their work is often undervalued and remains unseen by the retailers and...
This year, the Australian Open brought cheer to India’s leading garment hub – Tiruppur. The Hindu, a national daily, reported that ball boys and girls along with courtside statisticians, at the...