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    #09 Social Protection For Informal Workers in Togo

    #09 Social Protection For Informal Workers in Togo

    FromInformal Economy Podcast: Social Protection

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    #09 Social Protection For Informal Workers in Togo

    FromInformal Economy Podcast: Social Protection

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    Length:
    16 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 30, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    In this episode, we bring you an interview with Liliane Napoe, of the Danish Trade Union Development Agency. Liliane is the International Adviser and Head of the West African sub-regional office, based in Lomé, where she has been supporting informal workers in their effort to expand social protection and in their attempt to form a coalition to push for social rights for informal workers.
    We talked about the struggle of informal workers in Togo to have access to social protection, the latest development in the country and the perspectives ahead for this informal workers coalition that is forming around the demand for social protection provision.

    WIEGO Briefing note: Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers https://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/migrated/publications/files/Social%2520Protection%2520Informal%2520Workers%2520for%2520web_0.pdf

    Our theme music is Focus, from A. A. Aalto (Creative Commons)
    Released:
    Oct 30, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    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.