International Labour Office announces the situation about women:
Emily Villamayor works hard for her family. But the 48-year old mother of six is worried.
A home-based worker who makes Christmas decorative balls, Emily is painfully aware that what she earns is not enough for her family's healthcare needs. "We simply have no protection when anyone gets sick. Where will we get the money to buy the medicines and pay doctors' fees?" she says.
Josie Lipio nods in agreement: "Most of us are forced to borrow money because we cannot afford the cost of health care for our families". Thirty-eight-year-old Josie has five children. She is a home-based worker who weaves beads onto clothes and makes chocolate to earn a living.
"Most of the time, we only need outpatient services", explains Mary de la Cruz, a 44-year-old home-based worker and vendor with four children. "Unfortunately, our rural health centre rarely has adequate medical supplies and the occasional medical mission can only provide limited supplies".
"Based on consultations and surveys, we identified that one of the most urgent needs of the informal sector in Angono, Rizal is access to health care", explains Rey Tan, Officer-in-Charge of the Mayor's Extension Office and a member of the Angono Informal Sector Task Force.
Sixty per cent of the 80,000 households in Angono belong to the informal sector, most likely comprising the biggest sector in the municipality's population.
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