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Empowering Women in Informal Work

Over 2 billion people work informally globally, with women disproportionately affected, especially in vulnerable roles. New Zealand's Women's Employment Action Plan addresses these issues through job support, equal pay enforcement, and expanded early childhood education. To promote formalization, New Zealand suggests enhancing social protections for informal workers and fostering international collaboration for women's empowerment in the workforce.

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Empowering Women in Informal Work

Over 2 billion people work informally globally, with women disproportionately affected, especially in vulnerable roles. New Zealand's Women's Employment Action Plan addresses these issues through job support, equal pay enforcement, and expanded early childhood education. To promote formalization, New Zealand suggests enhancing social protections for informal workers and fostering international collaboration for women's empowerment in the workforce.

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Distinguished delegates, honorable chair,

Over 2 billion individuals work informally worldwide, with women making up a majority of these
workers, particularly in household, agricultural, and caregiving roles. Even though there is a 5%
gender pay difference in New Zealand, Māori, Pasifika, and migrant women are more likely to work
informally, which is associated with low wages, unemployment, vulnerability to exploitation, and
gender-based violence.

The Women's Employment Action Plan in New Zealand deals with these problems by providing job
preparation, support for starting a business, and flexible work rights.

We support women's leadership possibilities in the public sector, enforce strict equal pay laws, and
offer 20 hours of free early childhood education. Recognizing that economic empowerment must be
combined with safety and wellbeing, we have also expanded financing for trauma counseling and
family violence prevention.

To accelerate formalisation, New Zealand recommends:

 Expanding social protections (health care, parental leave, pensions) to all informal workers

 Making business registration and licensing simple and affordable

 Legislating minimum wage, contracts, and workplace protections for domestic and care
workers/

International collaboration is crucial. In order to empower all women and help them in
transferring from unstable, informal work to recognized, protected, and respected formal
employment, we advocate for an OECD-led knowledge-sharing platform, inclusive SDG
benchmarks, and capacity-building partnerships.

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