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Since 2022, we have developed research, training and projects and advocate for social protection in Africa that is inclusive of informal economy workers, in collaboration with WIEGO‘s Department of Social Protection. These processes, including a Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2023 with key stakeholders, culminated in the African Regional Platform of Demands on Social Protection.
This Regional Platform of Demands on Social Protection is an evolving framework, which organizations of workers in the informal economy can use to advocate for the extension of social protection at multiple levels of government.
This extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy should be based on equal representation, universal social protection, and progressive and sustainable financing.
The financing of social protection should be based on solidarity principles – from each according to her ability, to each according to her needs; those who earn relatively more in society should contribute more in order to subsidize access for those who are less able to contribute.
This report for the “New Forms of Social Insurance for the Economic Inclusion of Women Young Informal Workers” research project, presents and analyzes the findings from research on informal economy worker-led social protection schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo. The schemes described in this report are the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON) multipurpose cooperative; the Kampala Metropolitan Boda-boda Entrepreneurs’ (KAMBE) savings and credit cooperative; and the Mutual Social Protection Scheme for Workers in the Informal Sector (MUPROSI) health mutual in Togo.
A group of StreetNet affiliates had the opportunity to participate in an exposure visit in Nairobi, Kenya, to better understand the State-sponsored social protection schemes in the country. Together, we learned a lot and will now take these learnings back to our countries!
Short animation about the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Citizens to Social Protection and Social Security and why it matters for informal economy workers, such as street and market vendors and hawkers.
It is available in English, French and Portuguese and you are free to share it widely.
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