ABSTRACT
This chapter develops an analytical framework in order to explore the dual phenomenon from a micro-level perspective and to lay the groundwork for the subsequent analysis of social protection measures. It pulls the material together to revisit the case for a gender-analytical approach to social protection measures for workers in the informal economy. We distinguish here between three broad categories of constraints that will help to make sense of the gendered stratification of paid work touched on in and discussed in more detail in the rest of this chapter: gender-specific constraints, gender-intensified inequalities and imposed forms of gender disadvantage. It argues there is more to the gender segmentation of the labour market than the gender-specific constraints, which have discussed so far. The gender-analytical framework outlined in this chapter attempts to draw attention to these gendered forms of vulnerability. It highlights the interactions between household poverty, gender-related constraints and labour market forces and their variations across the life course of individuals.
