Bangladesh
Hosneara worked in a garment factory for a long time, and her family depended on her income. Due to carrying heavy loads regularly at the factory over many years, she developed a severe physical...
Fair Trade is fundamentally about more than producing and selling products at a fair price. It is also about dignity, rights, equality, decent working conditions, and creating opportunities for...
Anika Akter, a 22-year-old entrepreneur from Chand Uddyan, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, lives with her mother, Rasheda Begum, and her younger sister, Anisha. While pursuing her second year of undergraduate...
Unnayan Sangha (US) organized a daylong Advanced Advocacy Skills Development Training and Community Organizing Orientation on 16 August, 2026 at DTRC- Unnayan Sangha (US), Jamalpur, Bangladesh, with...
Smriti Akter Sumi, a 24-year-old member of the Mirpur Pallabi Women's Cooperative, is part of a remarkable group of 300 women within her organisation, dedicated to preserving their cultural heritage...
Mehedi is a small factory owner from Ashulia, Savar, who takes subcontracted work from large factories and gets the work done by home-based workers, while also working himself. Around 40 home-based...
On 8 March 2026, Labour at Informal Economy (LIE), in collaboration with Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress (BFTUC) and OSHE Foundation, organised a Women’s Day celebration program in Dhaka. It...
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...
Hena Akhter Rupa, a 29-year-old grassroots leader from Hazaribagh, Dhaka, has been deeply involved in her community's struggles. Her mother was a central leader of the slum federation, and Rupa’s...
In the charming city of Sylhet, Bangladesh, lives a woman known to be soft-spoken yet doggedly determined. She is involved with her organisation, Labour at Informal Economy (LIE). As a leader of her...
In the heart of Pallabi, a new change is being brought about by an energetic, resilient 30-year-old woman named Farzana. Once an invisible figure in her community, she has become a respectable leader...
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...
A 30-year-old home-based worker (HBW) from the Jatrabari cluster in Dhaka, Laiju Akter has transformed her life and the lives of countless others through her unwavering determination and leadership...
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...
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 Corporation, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority...
A three-day long nonresidential training workshop on organizing & leadership for the identified HBWs in Dhaka city was organized at Radda MCH Centre Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This study contributes to the development of understanding of supply chain with which the women homeworkers are involved. We have studied the homeworkers and their organizations in Dhaka city.
DSK has been implementing the project entitled ‘World Class Cities for All’ in partnership with HomeNet South Asia Trust since 2013. The major objectives of the project are to create organizing...
