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From strength to strength: SEWA insurance
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Summary (French)
In 1992, the Self-Employed Women′s Association (SEWA) set up an insurance programme, VimoSEWA in order to address risks faced by women workers in the informal sector through the provision of social security. Vimo provides services in four main areas – health care, childcare, shelter and insurance – in addition to advocating for policy action in the insurance sector in favour of poor women. SEWA′s approach to micro-insurance stresses the need to integrate it with both financial services and social protection. Its experience has shown that poor women are insurable, that insurance for the poor is viable and that women workers should not be dismissed as ′bad risks′, as they are not only good savers but also contribute readily for services from their earnings, provided these are appropriate, affordable and timely.
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Series Social Protection Working Papers