May 2021 - Informal workers and social protection: it's time to rethink labour inequalities
May 2021 - Informal workers and social protection: it's time to rethink labour inequalities
Welcome to our May Newsletter!
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are more than 2 billion informal workers in the world, most of which are in developing countries. With the COVID-19 crisis and high unemployment numbers, the rates of informality in the labour market are on the rise. In addition to being the most vulnerable and heavily affected by the consequences of the pandemic, workers in the informal economy have been left out of many social protection programmes created by governments in response to COVID-19.
The ongoing crisis is an opportunity to re-evaluate existing labour inequalities and the ways in which governments and other organisations can support this important portion of the population. In this month’s issue we selected materials that seek to provide a more in-depth knowledge about informal workers and their relationship with social protection systems and programmes.
Building upon household surveys, the recently launched KIIbIH database provides comparable indicators and harmonised data on informal employment, well-being of informal workers and their dependents. It currently covers 42 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
We invite you to visit the recently launched COVID-19 page within our platform. This new page was developed to serve as a one-stop-shop for key information on social protection responses to the pandemic crisis. It reunites important materials produced by different stakeholders on the field, providing access to curated content on diverse formats.
Listen to the second episode of the monthly 'Social Protection Podcast' series, discussing economic inclusion programmes, with real-life examples and recent findings to illustrate the challenges, lessons learned and best practices of economic inclusion programmes. This episode features Lauren Whitehead (BRAC); Colin Andrews (World Bank); and Fazley Elahi Mahmud (DFAT).
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When designed, implemented, and coordinated appropriately, social protection can generate a broad range of positive outcomes on poor and vulnerable households and individuals. This course focuses on multiple dimensions and drivers of rural poverty and inequality, reflecting on how social protection can contribute to inclusive rural transformation and rural poverty reduction.
The socialprotection.org platform has updated the layout of its Online Communities (OC).This new environment delivers a more friendly user experience and soon provide new collaborative tools to facilitate work and knowledge sharing. Explore the new OCs.
