Social Protection Programme

Family-Friendly Policies for Workers in the Informal Economy

This policy brief is an outcome of a collaboration between WIEGO, UNICEF and the ILO in advocating for family-friendly policies to protect...

Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru

Key Points The public health measures taken to contain the pandemic coupled with the economic slowdown have significantly reduced women informal...

Essential, But Unprotected: How Have Informal Workers Navigated the Health Risks of the Pandemic?

La crisis de la COVID-19 y la Economía informal Conclusiones principales y recomendaciones de políticas relativas a los riesgos sanitarios...

Older Informal Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 5 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to older informal workers...

The Costs of Insecurity: Domestic Workers’ Access to Social Protection and Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Bengali)

Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey...

Domestic Workers, Risk & Social Protection in Delhi National Capital Region

Delhi, India’s capital and a bustling metropolis, is home to many migrant workers from across the country. For most women migrants, domestic...

Informal Workers and the Social Protection Response to COVID-19: Who got relief? How? And did it make a difference?

Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to COVID-19 food and cash relief measures for informal workers based on research undertaken...

Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal

Most domestic workers in Nepal are employed in live-out arrangements with multiple employers while others, many of them adolescent girls,...

The Costs of Insecurity: Domestic Workers’ Access to Social Protection and Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey...

Children, Citizenship and Child Support: The Child Support Grant in South Africa