Arora Shubhda, Majumder Mrinmoy
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India.
International Management Institute New Delhi India.
Gend Work Organ. 2021 Jul;28(Suppl 2):307-320. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12700. Epub 2021 May 16.
With growing interest in the lives of individuals and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is consensus among scholars, academicians, and policy makers that the pandemic has had unequal impacts on different sections of the society. The dominant idea that "we are in this together" needs to be critically unpacked to understand the differential impact of the same pandemic on people with varied vulnerabilities. The concept of "intersectional vulnerability" has been key to understanding the unequal distribution of the pandemic risk. Using a gendered intersectional lens, this paper aims to understand the lived experiences of migrant women workers during the pandemic and their narratives of gendered inequality. Through a narrative study in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), India, from May to October 2020, this study brings out stories of precarity faced by five migrant women while battling the social, psychological, and economic effects of the pandemic. Loss of livelihood, home, savings, and prospects of a better future shape the narratives of these women. The pandemic exacerbated the already precarious positions of these women by creating a situation where-(a) patriarchal structures were further reinforced, and (b) losing gender solidarity and companionship through lockdown and social distancing.
随着人们对新冠疫情期间个人和社区生活的兴趣日益浓厚，学者、院士和政策制定者们达成了共识，即疫情对社会不同阶层产生了不平等的影响。“我们同舟共济”这一主流观点需要进行批判性剖析，以理解同一疫情对不同脆弱程度人群的不同影响。“交叉脆弱性”概念一直是理解疫情风险不平等分布的关键。本文运用性别交叉视角，旨在了解疫情期间移徙女工的生活经历以及她们关于性别不平等的叙述。通过2020年5月至10月在印度德里及国家首都辖区（NCR）开展的一项叙事研究，本研究呈现了五名移徙女工在应对疫情的社会、心理和经济影响时所面临的不稳定状况的故事。生计、家园、积蓄的丧失以及对美好未来的憧憬塑造了这些女性的叙述。疫情通过制造以下两种情况加剧了这些女性本就不稳定的处境：（a）父权结构进一步强化；（b）因封锁和社交距离措施失去性别团结和陪伴。
