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Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia

By , on January 19, 2023

This joint WIEGO and HomeNet Cambodia study adds to the limited research on home-based workers and their access to social-protection programmes in Cambodia. Home-based workers in Cambodia and their families face a wide range of occupational, environmental and health risks that can push them into poverty.

A key finding from the study is that the characteristics of the survey respondents all suggest a high level of vulnerability related to poverty and informality.

Other key points include:

  • Access to the IDPoor Programme is crucial to mitigate against the risks faced by home-based workers, yet many are left out.
  • While there are innovations in accessing IDPoor, further efforts can be made to broaden and enable inclusion of non-destitute but still vulnerable groups.
  • Implementation challenges include the need to increase the awareness of the IDPoor Programme (including digital literacy), and enhance transparency and accountability.

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Sevilla, Aura, and Sinoeun, Men. Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 30, , . WIEGO, 2023. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wiego-resource-document-no-30.pdfSevilla, A., and Sinoeun, M. (2023). Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 30, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wiego-resource-document-no-30.pdfSevilla, Aura, and Sinoeun, Men. "Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia." WIEGO Resource Document No. 30, WIEGO, 2023, .Sevilla Aura, and Sinoeun Men. "Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia." WIEGO Resource Document No. 30 (2023). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wiego-resource-document-no-30.pdfSevilla, A, and Sinoeun, M 2023, 'Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia', WIEGO Resource Document No. 30, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wiego-resource-document-no-30.pdfAura Sevilla, and Men Sinoeun, 'Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia' (2023) WIEGO Resource Document No. 30 Sevilla A., and Sinoeun M. Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 30. 2023. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wiego-resource-document-no-30.pdfSevilla, Aura, and Sinoeun, Men. Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 30. 2023. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wiego-resource-document-no-30.pdf

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