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As ILO convention turns 30, India’s home-based workers demand equal rights

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According to Al Jazeera, as the International Labor Organization's Convention one-seventy-seven turns thirty, India's home-based workers are demanding equal rights. The convention, adopted June twentieth, nineteen ninety-six, recognized home-based workers on par with traditional wage earners—but three decades on, workers in India are still fighting for those protections to translate into practice.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/20/as-ilo-conventio...

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