Example in Action: Multi-stakeholder Initiative Supports Remediation for Homeworkers in Asia

• Companies and multi-stakeholder groups have been grappling for years with the challenges of informal work and homework for children. In 2010, the Ethical Trading Initiative* published ETI Homeworker Guidelines for both retailers and suppliers. These guidelines and their supporting documents include tools such as a model policy on homework for retailers and suppliers, research guides for identifying homework in supply chains, mapping tools, and guidance on setting appropriate piece rates, since homeworkers are usually paid on a piece-rate basis. 
• Starting in 2019, as part of the Hidden Homeworkers Programme—a partnership between Transform Trade,* HomeNet South Asia,* and Homeworkers Worldwide,* with financial support from the EU—a Preventing Child Labour Toolkit was developed, including practical guidance on addressing issues of child labor in homebased crafts production. The project aims to extend multi-stakeholder transparency and traceability systems to the lower tiers in the garment sector to improve working conditions of child and adult homeworkers in India, Nepal, and Pakistan as part of the apparel and footwear supply chains.  

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to address child labor and forced labor.

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