High risk without recognition: challenges faced by female front-line workers

Sinha, Dipa and Gupta, Mohini and Shriyan, Diksha (2021) High risk without recognition: challenges faced by female front-line workers. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Abstract

An already overburdened, understaffed and under-resourced health system faced severe repercussions in the wake of the pandemic. Those at the forefront of health and nutrition service delivery at the community level are struggling due to increased work burden and low compensation received, particularly since most of them are not formally recognised as workers. In this article, we discuss the conditions of work of front-line women workers, especially accredited social health activists, anganwadi workers and their supervisors (Integrated Child Development Services supervisors, auxiliary nurse/midwife and ASHA facilitators) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on interviews conducted with workers in Telangana and Bihar, we highlight how women front-line workers were overworked and underpaid even before the pandemic and continue to remain so even after.

Item Type:	Publications (Pre-joining)
Authors:	Sinha, Dipa and Gupta, Mohini and Shriyan, Diksha
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	COVID-19 and Women, ASHA, ICDS workers, Anganwadi Workers
Subjects:	Social sciences Social sciences > Social problems & services
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy (CSIE)
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6698
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/engage/article/high-risk-withou...

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