MANILA, Philippines — Two resource persons in a Senate hearing on Monday turned emotional as they lamented the continued 'social injustice' in the informal sector, particularly among women workers. While the government's own records showed that workers from the informal sector contributed P5.013 trillion to the country's economy in 2016, many of them could not avail of the benefits either from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) or the Social Security System. And this sorry state of those working in the informal economy was evident during the pandemic, according to Susanita Tesiorna, president of the Alliance of Workers in the Informal Economy.

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