Apparel Online India Issue 1-15 March '18 | Page 23

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artisans (or skilled workers).
Many homeworkers conduct small
jobs on garments like cutting
threads, stitching buttons, putting
drawstrings, etc. Also, most
homeworkers work as individual
workers from their own homes and
not from home workshops,” argues
Janhavi.
Artisan craft production is cited
as a US $ 34 billion global industry
and the ILO cites more than 300
million home-based workers in
the world. All major issues from
working time to child labour
to