Thread by @jeevika_shiv, Women migrants are the ones struggling at the front line & yet [...]

Women migrants are the ones struggling at the front line & yet they have been invisiblised in the stories & narratives that have come out,& in state & civil society response.

Please share links to reports/stories, if any, focussing on women & the gendered impact on Migrants.

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#migrants begin 1,000 km trek home to MP from Haryana, woman delivers baby on roadside 1/n https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/migrants-begin-1-000-km-trek-home-to-mp-from-haryana-woman-delivers-baby-on-roadside-1678532-2020-05-15

Via @grimalkintweets

#womenlabour

Migrants begin 1,000 km trek home to MP from Haryana, woman delivers baby on roadside

The group, including 20 children and five women, braved heat and storms, and rested in the shade under trees and wherever they could find a quiet corner.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/migrants-begin-1-000-km-trek-home-to-mp-from-haryana-woman-delivers-baby-on-roadside-1678532-2020-05-15

2/n via @grimalkintweets
Migrant woman worker traveling in a train to Bihar delivers a baby
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/20/migrant-woman-travelling-in-shramik-special-train-delivers-baby-at-bihars-danapur-station-2145587.html
#womenlabour #womanmigrant

Migrant woman travelling in Shramik special train delivers baby at Bihar's Danapur station

Mohammad Aslam Ansari, 35, along with his pregnant wife Minaz Khartoon, 25, were returning to Sitamarhi district by a Sharmik special train from Surat in Gujarat.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/20/migrant-woman-travelling-in-shramik-special-train-delivers-baby-at-bihars-danapur-station-2145587.html

3/n COVID-19 Lockdown 3.0: Migrant woman delivers baby enroute to UP on Mumbai-Agra highway at Madhya Pradesh's Barwani
via @grimalkintweets

#womanmigrant #MigrantWorkers https://www.firstpost.com/health/covid-19-lockdown-3-0-migrant-woman-delivers-baby-enroute-to-up-on-mumbai-agra-highway-at-madhya-pradeshs-barwani-8360291.html

COVID-19 Lockdown 3.0: Migrant woman delivers baby enroute to UP on Mumbai-Agra highway at Madhya...

The family was on the way to Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh with other migrant labourers amid the lockdown.

https://www.firstpost.com/health/covid-19-lockdown-3-0-migrant-woman-delivers-baby-enroute-to-up-on-mumbai-agra-highway-at-madhya-pradeshs-barwani-8360291.html

Via @nipunikasignora
Blog by SWATI documenting stories of women during covid19 https://twitter.com/nipunikasignora/status/1263100680455086080?s=19

https://twitter.com/nipunikasignora/status/1263100680455086080?s=19

5/n via @bhanupriya_rao

@BehanBox We have been looking at gendered impacts. More to come from across India in the coming days. For now check this out
https://www.behanbox.com/category/gender-and-covid-19/ https://twitter.com/bhanupriya_rao/status/1263154555052834817?s=19

6/n
Via @Abhiti6
15-Year-Old Dalit Girl Cycles 1200 km, Brings Migrant Worker Father from Delhi to Bihar - https://clarionindia.net/15-year-old-dalit-girl-cycles-1200-km-brings-migrant-worker-father-from-delhi-to-bihar/
#womenmigrants
#MigrantLabourers

15-Year-Old Dalit Girl Cycles 1200 km, Brings Migrant Worker Father from Delhi to Bihar - Clarion...

Jyoti Kumari’s injured father rode along as she cycled for 6 days to reach their village Clarion India NEW DELHI — The courageous deed of a 15-year-old Dalit girl of Bihar stands out among the...

https://clarionindia.net/15-year-old-dalit-girl-cycles-1200-km-brings-migrant-worker-father-from-delhi-to-bihar/

7/n Mausumi Chetia writes about issues faced by women of intra-state daily-wage working #RuralFamilies of #Assam who are are #disasterdisplaced; yet fighting #Covid_19 & impacts of its policy measures here @ISS_Blog #ClassDivides #IDPs #IndiaLockdown https://twitter.com/zenithc11/status/1263172942583795712?s=19

https://twitter.com/zenithc11/status/1263172942583795712?s=19

8/n. Mirai Chatterjee of @SEWAFed writes how more than 90 per cent of working people in our country are engaged in the informal economy and women are most vulnerable with no social security https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/social-security-women-informal-economy-india-mirai-chatterjee-6419938/

Lack of social security for women in informal economy needs to be addressed

Investing in them and their capacity-building will serve as a bulwark for the daily health crises that people face and also the pandemics and epidemics of the future.

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/social-security-women-informal-economy-india-mirai-chatterjee-6419938/

The most vulnerable are women who suffer from multiple disadvantages — as women, as poor, informal workers and as members of the socially disadvantaged castes and communities that predominate the informal se

9/n. Contributor @NationalFedera4 https://twitter.com/NationalFedera4/status/1263540306391085056?s=19

https://twitter.com/NationalFedera4/status/1263540306391085056?s=19

10/n. Contributor @WeAreSama
Pregnant woman denied treatment in Bastar.
#migrants #womenmigrants https://m.thewire.in/article/communalism/bihar-pregnant-woman-government-hospitals-treatment/amp?__twitter_impression=true

This Pregnant Woman Was Denied Treatment at a Buxar Govt Hospital – and She s Not Alone

A pregnant woman alleges she lost her baby after being denied treatment at two government health centres in Buxar district, Bihar, only because she is Muslim. Her experience is not uncommon.

https://m.thewire.in/article/communalism/bihar-pregnant-woman-government-hospitals-treatment/amp?__twitter_impression=true

11/n. , Institute of Social Studies Trust studies on impact of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on women informal workers by conducting five micro-studies on domestic work, street vending, waste picking, home-based work and construction work by @thewire_in https://m.thewire.in/article/women/women-informal-workers-lockdown/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Increased Care Work, Reduced Wages: Informal Women Workers Are Barely Getting By

COVID-19 is intensifying pre-existing inequalities, from health to the economy, and from security to social protection. As ever, women continue to bear the maximum brunt.

https://m.thewire.in/article/women/women-informal-workers-lockdown/amp?__twitter_impression=true

12/n. @sheevaangii covers a crucial angle of Bahujan women in her @firstpost article.
In Bihar, songs by Bhojpuri women from Bahujan communities underline the sociopolitical cost of migration
#MigrantWorkers #womenworkers https://www.firstpost.com/living/in-bihar-songs-by-bhojpuri-women-from-bahujan-communities-underline-the-sociopolitical-cost-of-migration-8394401.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true

In Bihar, songs by Bhojpuri women from Bahujan communities underline the sociopolitical cost of...

Bhojpuri women, mostly from Bahujan communities, have been singing about their husbands in foreign lands for over two centuries now — songs that have fallen on deaf ears of not just people not...

https://www.firstpost.com/living/in-bihar-songs-by-bhojpuri-women-from-bahujan-communities-underline-the-sociopolitical-cost-of-migration-8394401.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true

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