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Domestic Workers Trade Deep-Dive : How Domestic Workers Are Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis

2024-08-02T12:34:48+00:00

This study was conducted to assess the specific effects of the COVID-19 virus and subsequent lockdown on domestic workers through parameters such as socio-economic background of the worker, nature of income, ownership/loss of assets and job security; amongst others.

Domestic Workers Trade Deep-Dive : How Domestic Workers Are Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis2024-08-02T12:34:48+00:00

Rekhaben Almora Uttarakhand

2021-11-11T06:05:54+00:00

At the peak of the lockdowns imposed in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19, 80 Customer Service Points (CSPs) who are financial intermediaries of formal banks, carried out cash transactions worth INR 10Cr for 25,000 customers in villages of Uttarakhand.

Rekhaben Almora Uttarakhand2021-11-11T06:05:54+00:00

Tackling Domestic Abuse

2022-03-28T18:23:10+00:00

The concerns arising through the lockdown are endless;  displacement, hunger, lack of shelter and distress with employment being the most paramount. With everyone held up indoors, there has been a significant rise of domestic violence cases reported across the country. One of SEWA’s community members, Manju Ben reported the same in one of the meetings. She was being abused by her husband and sister-in-law.

Tackling Domestic Abuse2022-03-28T18:23:10+00:00

Sheela Ben Samaspur Uttarakhand

2021-11-11T06:09:15+00:00

A resident of Samaspur village in Uttarakhand, Sheelaben is one of the oldest aagewans in SEWA, and one whose energy is difficult to match. She had moved to Dehradun with her husband as a young bride, and to support their family of 7, she learned stitching, estimating her measurements as she had never received a primary education.

Sheela Ben Samaspur Uttarakhand2021-11-11T06:09:15+00:00

Mubarakpur and Danapur’s Fight Against COVID-19

2022-03-28T18:25:36+00:00

The community members of Mubarakpur and Danapur communicated their distress and anxieties of having to die of starvation if food supplies did not reach them any sooner. Understanding the emergency of the situation, SEWA aagewans redirected their efforts and channelled in supplies from the government and distributed it among community members by the ward councillor.

Mubarakpur and Danapur’s Fight Against COVID-192022-03-28T18:25:36+00:00

A New Playground

2022-05-16T09:01:57+00:00

Families living in lane number 200 of Jahangirpuri’s B Block had always stepped inside their homes with muddy shoes. Dirty water overflowing from clogged drains along the lane would meander down, making its way inside the homes of those living on the ground floor.

A New Playground2022-05-16T09:01:57+00:00

Light at the End of the Tunnel

2022-05-16T09:02:36+00:00

B1 jhuggi (slum) was established around 1984 as part of Raghubir Nagar, which lies in West Delhi. For over 10 years now, the main road, on the corner of which B1 jhuggi is settled, has had streetlights. Over the years, these have been upgraded on multiple occasions, but they function erratically, leading to accidents, multiple cases of theft, as well as harassment.

Light at the End of the Tunnel2022-05-16T09:02:36+00:00

Pushpaben Soft-Toy maker

2021-11-11T06:11:23+00:00

Pushpa behen, 40, was born in Benaras, far away from the city of Dehradun, where she currently lives. She had finished her 10th class in the year 1999, when she was married off. “He was only 8th pass and drove trucks for a living.”, she says. After her marriage, she had to shift to a region completely unfamiliar to her own lived experience.

Pushpaben Soft-Toy maker2021-11-11T06:11:23+00:00
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