Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection

Globally, 2 billion people work in the informal economy. This means that 61% of workers rely on work that offers little pay and few protections. Women informal workers, such as domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers are at the base of the economic pyramid with the highest risk of poverty. Public policies and social protection schemes often do not consider these workers, leaving them vulnerable to income losses and struggling to cope after an event or shock. In this monthly podcast we will discuss some of the most pressing issues related to social protection from the perspective of informal workers, including debates around the future of work, demographic changes and the informal economy, as well as social services, like child care and health that can protect informal workers’ incomes. Subscribe to the “Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection” to learn more about WIEGO’s cutting-edge research and hear from informal workers organisations about the debates, policies, successes and challenges they face in accessing and reforming social protection systems.

Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection’s tracks

• #32 Challenging Global Social Protection Orthodoxies - part 2 by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #31 Online Capacity Building on Social Protection for Informal Workers by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #30 India's Social Registry of Informal Workers by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #29 Social and Solidarity Economy and Informal Workers by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #28 COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: round 2 by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #27 Social Security for Domestic Workers: trends and strategies by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #26 Challenging Global Social Protection Orthodoxies by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #25 Social Insurance for Informal Workers in South Africa by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #24 Lessons from the Covid-19 crisis for social protection by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
• #23b Cuidado Infantil para Trabajadoras Informales by Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection