establish a national organization to represent women in the informal sector. The National House Managers Cooperative(“the Cooperative”) was founded in November 2004. Its visions were declared as follows: One, the National House Managers Cooperative is a new women’s labor movement, calling to recognize as social labor both house work and care work that have historically not been recognized as labor at all. Two, as an alternative economic movement to promote the financial independence of middle­aged and elderly women who are excluded from the labor market, we shall promote“house managers” as socially accepted forms of employment through which jobs can be created and shared with others. Three, as a public enterprise with a cooperative culture and democratic decision-making structure, we are a cooperative movement that cultivates an alternative business culture. Four, we are a women’s job creation movement that promotes effective policies for economic advocacy for middle-aged and senior women. Over the last three years, the National House Managers Cooperative has grown to 836 members (as of May 2007) in 9 regional branches, and has emerged as a model women’s social enterprise. Through research of homecare dispatch service (including hospice and childcare) workers, discussion forums, and policy advisory activities, the Cooperative has been demanding for increased public attention and legal reform for homecare workers’ rights. 6) Organizing Working Poor Women Foundation of Hope Center to End Poverty& Secure Women’s Labor Rights(Seoul, Mar. 25. 2006) The issue of the working poor has emerged as a major social issue since the intensification of income polarization and globalization. In response, KWWA has focused its attention on the “feminization of poverty,” namely the issue of poverty for women workers. The situation of working poor women workers can be traced to several contributing factors. The concentration of women in irregular employment and the widening wage gap has resulted in increasing poverty for women workers. The existing social security system is based on the model of regularly employed male workers, and women workers in informal sectors face insufficient social safety networks. Furthermore, due to the gender discrimination of labor markets that privilege regularly employed male workers, female-headed