an effective strategy to reduce informal employment should encompass a broad range of policies aimed at reducing the costs of formalisation increasing its benefits and strengthening enforcement of labour codes special attention should be paid to minimising existing disincentives to formality that disproportionately affect women such as high marginal tax rates on secondary earners removing obsolete legislation that impedes women s access to certain sectors of the economy will further reduce reliance on informal employment all countries should have a modern legal framework to deal with violence against women and especially domestic violence