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Gendered impacts on internal migrant workers in the informal economy in India

In: Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19

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  • Megan Schmidt-Sane
  • Mihir Bhatt
  • Mehul Pandya
  • Lyla Mehta

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to control its spread created an economic and social crisis in the informal economy across geographic settings. As stay-at-home orders (‘lockdowns’) went into effect, informal workers in low- and middle-income countries lost work, experienced greater precarity, and faced a loss of food and housing stability. This had ripple effects across workers’ families and communities. This crisis intersected with another, that of halted mobility during an era of lockdowns. As lockdowns went into effect, migrant workers were stuck in places where they had little social and economic support. In India, the scale and scope of the problem was enormous as vast numbers of migrant workers were expected or forced to return to their homes but were not given sufficient support to do so. This chapter examines the gendered and intersectional impact of COVID-19 on internal migrant workers in India.

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  • Megan Schmidt-Sane & Mihir Bhatt & Mehul Pandya & Lyla Mehta, 2024. "Gendered impacts on internal migrant workers in the informal economy in India," Chapters, in: Marie McAuliffe & Céline Bauloz (ed.), Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19, chapter 6, pages 83-94, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21342_6
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