“…Several countries, including Argentina, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, and Tajikistan, have attempted to address this issue by ratifying ILO Convention 177/1996, which recognizes the protection of home-based workers. However, it is recognised that gender issues continue to play a signifi cant role in their susceptibility, particularly among the lower strata of society (England, 2017;Yap and Melchor, 2015). Countries using the term, such as Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Brazil and Ecuador, demonstrate that gender defi cits in decent work are still widespread at international, national and local levels (Lawrence et al, 2008).…”