Public and Workplace Services

Does Social Protection Cause Informality? A Critical Review of the Literature on the Relationship between Social Protection, Formal and Informal Employment

Several influential international organizations, academic studies and reports claim that social protection is an important driver of informality....

Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible

Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...

‘I Want to be Protected’: Experiences and Perspectives of Informal Workers on Social Security in Thailand

This brief explores the experiences of self-employed workers with Article 40 of Thailand’s Social Security Fund on the basis of focus group...

‘ฉันต้องการได้รับการคุ้มครอง’: ประสบการณ์และมุมมองของแรงงานนอกระบบต่อการประกันสังคมในประเทศไทย – WIEGO Policy Brief No. 31

Shouldering the Burden: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

The qualitative data collected in this Policy Brief show how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok....

The Struggle for Vaccine Equity for Workers in Informal Employment Continues

Despite their essential contributions to society and high exposure to the virus, workers are often excluded from vaccine drives. A closer...

Financing Social Protection – Lessons from Gig Workers in India

A new scheme for financing social protection for gig workers in Rajasthan, India, could provide lessons for other informal economy workers....

Childcare Services and Regulation in Urban Public Spaces

• September 12, 2023 - 09:00am
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Challenges and strategies to increase social protection financing for workers in informal employment

This briefing note reviews the current debates about strategies to increase financing for social protection, which is essentially to enable...

I Will Not Auction My Back! Lessons from Maharashtra’s Welfare Boards in Financing Social Protection for Informal Workers

India’s welfare boards have existed for more than half a century and represent a unique approach to ensuring the sustainable and fair financing...