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Reproductive Health Care Needs of Migrant Women Under Universal Health Coverage During COVID-19

Reproductive Health Care Needs of Migrant Women Under Universal Health Coverage During COVID-19 Commentary ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Reproductive Health Women and Social Change 1–6 Care Needs of © 2022 SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd Migrant Women Reprints and permissions: in.sagepub.com/journals-permissions-india Under Universal DOI: 10.1177/24556327221139701 journals.sagepub.com/home/jws Health Coverage During COVID-19 Ujjwala Gupta According to National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (2009), migrant laborers are spine of unorganized workforce in Indian economy and include women as an equal counterpart confirming their migration at an equal rate as that of men. An estimate made by Singh and Gupta (2011) states that, 90% of women workforce is engaged in informal sector in which 70% come from rural areas that migrate seasonally for short term and return back. Apprehension of contracting dreaded COVID-19 disease and concurrent nationwide lockdowns created uncertainty among millions of labourers compel- ling them to migrate from cities back to their home towns. Amongst the worst hit by pandemic were women migrants who experienced major burden of family responsibility and forceful restrictions in mobility that further exacerbated their vulnerability in terms of social, mental, physical and economic wellbeing (ILO, 2020). However, along with gross under-reported estimates of women migrants, their reproductive health care needs have largely remained undocumented and politically unattended. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change SAGE

Reproductive Health Care Needs of Migrant Women Under Universal Health Coverage During COVID-19

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Commentary ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Reproductive Health Women and Social Change 1–6 Care Needs of © 2022 SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd Migrant Women Reprints and permissions: in.sagepub.com/journals-permissions-india Under Universal DOI: 10.1177/24556327221139701 journals.sagepub.com/home/jws Health Coverage During COVID-19 Ujjwala Gupta According to National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (2009), migrant laborers are spine of unorganized workforce in Indian economy and include women as an equal counterpart confirming their migration at an equal rate as that of men. An estimate made by Singh and Gupta (2011) states that, 90% of women workforce is engaged in informal sector in which 70% come from rural areas that migrate seasonally for short term and return back. Apprehension of contracting dreaded COVID-19 disease and concurrent nationwide lockdowns created uncertainty among millions of labourers compel- ling them to migrate from cities back to their home towns. Amongst the worst hit by pandemic were women migrants who experienced major burden of family responsibility and forceful restrictions in mobility that further exacerbated their vulnerability in terms of social, mental, physical and economic wellbeing (ILO, 2020). However, along with gross under-reported estimates of women migrants, their reproductive health care needs have largely remained undocumented and politically unattended.

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Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change – SAGE

Published: Jan 1, 2022

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