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Congress Report - Bolivia Women’s Centre in 2006 (English)
As part of the activities of the Bolivia Women’s Centre in 2006, alliances with various organisations and institutions allowed us to continue work of organisation of Home-based women workers. To this end the FIRST DEPARTMENTAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN (MEN) HOMEBASED WORKERS took place in the city of La Paz on the 28th of September.
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INFORME DE CONGRESO por la Central de Mujeres Bolivia en la gestión 2006
En el marco de las actividades realizadas por la Central de Mujeres Bolivia en la gestión 2006,y a través de diferentes alianzas con organizaciones e instituciones, permitieron darle continuidad al trabajo de organización de las Trabajadoras a Domicilio, en virtud de este objetivo se ha realizado, en la ciudad de La Paz el 28 de Septiembre del año en curso EL 1º CONGRESO DEPARTAMENTAL DE TRABAJADORAS (ES) A DOMICILIO.
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Mapping as Organising - Annie Delaney, Rosaria Burchielli, Donna Buttigieg
Successful organizing in the informal sector has occurred through homeworker mapping. Homeworker mapping refers to a vertical and horizontal mapping programme based on principles of participation and education through action research. This paper explores
homeworker mapping as a successful organizing strategy by examining primary documents from
homeworker organizations.
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Letter Asda ETI Report 2009
Homeworkers Worldwide is a member of the Ethical Trading Initiative. Member companies report annually to ETI about their implementation of the ETI Base Code. NGOs give feedback to ETI-member companies about their ethical performance on behalf of the NGO members of ETI as a whole, with suggestions for improvements. Feedback letters are normally confidential but may be used in public communications by companies, in which case they may be publicly disclosed by the respective NGO.
Asda has published the feedback letter from HWW about its latest (2009) ETI report in response to a campaign by ActionAid for Asda to ensure that workers making its garments in South Asia earn a Living Wage.
See http://aislespyblog.asda.com/2010/7/6/our-open-invitation-to-action-aid
HWW welcomes Asda's public commitment to address the issues raised in this letter, notably to involve unions and NGOs in sourcing countries in monitoring pay and conditions at its suppliers. We also encourage the company to commit publicly to paying a living wage and publish a timetable for doing so, to ensure that prices paid to suppliers cover the cost of a living wage and to involve workers and their representatives in their implementation of a living wage, as called for by ActionAid.
See here http://www.actionaid.org.uk/102534/asda_falls_behind_rivals_on_garment_workers_pay.html
HWW's letter to Asda is published in full here:
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