ABSTRACT

COVID-19 has emerged as a crisis that has impacted all spheres of human life. The pandemic has disproportionately impacted the world’s poor population in terms of livelihood and survival. India witnessed a massive crisis among migrant workers. In this context, this paper explores the impact of COVID-19 on women migrant workers and their families, analyzing qualitative interviews in two localities in Delhi and in Gurugram in Haryana State. Six themes were developed from the interview data about the impacts on, and experiences of, women migrant workers: loss of livelihood and resulting debt; compromises; captivity and the burden of responsibility; disrupted access; emotional geographies of COVID-19; and insufficient support. The study underlines the dismal state of women migrant workers and their families and argues that urgent policy interventions are required to address the impoverishment they are experiencing. The strengthening of social security measures is of the utmost importance.

摘要

COVID-19已成为影响人类生活各个领域的危机。大流行在生计和生存方面对世界贫困人口造成了不成比例的影响。印度目睹了移徙工人的大规模危机。在这种背景下，本文探讨了COVID-19对移徙女工及其家庭的影响，并分析了德里和哈里亚纳邦古鲁格两个地方的定性访谈。从访谈数据中得出了六个主题，即对移徙女工的影响和经历：生计的损失和由此产生的债务；妥协 囚禁和责任负担；访问受到干扰；COVID-19的地理位置 和支持不足。该研究强调了移徙女工及其家庭的悲惨状况，并认为需要采取紧急的政策干预措施来解决她们所面临的贫困。加强社会保障措施至关重要。