Social Protection Programme

Child Care in Markets

Workers in informal employment often lack access to high quality public services, including child-care services. Lack of child-care support...

A regional approach to Universal Social Protection: The case of the African Union Protocol

SEWA Sangini Cooperative: Providing Child Care for Women Informal Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

The SEWA Sangini Cooperative provides child-care services for SEWA members – all women workers in informal employment – through 11 centres...

MTE: Popular economy workers’ child-care facilities offer critical services during COVID-19 in Argentina

The Movimiento de Trabajadores Excluidos (MTE) – Excluded Workers Movement – in Argentina provides child-care services for its members,...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo

In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria

The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its...

Extending social protection for informal workers in Togo

Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...

COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 9 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to waste pickers based...

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3

In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...