Solutions Panorama

IMPACT
The improved legal status of informal workers in Thailand was a key result of
the project. The government ratified the Home-Workers Protection Act in 2010,
which helps protect between 500,000 and 2 million women by ensuring legal
frameworks are in place. The law provides for protection of wages – including
equal pay for men and women – as well as occupational health and safety
and responsibilities of employers toward homeworkers. It also establishes
a Committee for the Protection of Homeworkers on which both men and
women serve, ensuring women have a role in decision making. In addition, the
government adopted a policy to provide a 30 percent social security co-payment
for informal workers, benefiting an estimated 24 million informal workers in
Thailand.
LEARN MORE
About the Home-Based Workers;
wiego.org
“Membership Based Organizations of the Poor: Concepts, Experience and Policy,”
Martha Chen, et al.
Source: Boost Women’s Economic Empowerment policy brief
The Government
of Thailand
ratified the
Home-Workers
Protection Act in
2010, which helps
protect between
500,000
and 2 million
women by
ensuring legal
frameworks
are in place.
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