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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How COVID-19 Worsened Hardships of India’s Domestic Workers -Romita Saluja

How COVID-19 Worsened Hardships of India’s Domestic Workers -Romita Saluja

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published Published on May 11, 2022   modified Modified on May 11, 2022

-TheWire.in/ Undark.org

Under the pretext of COVID-19 safety, employers have tightened restrictions on live-in domestic workers in India.

On a typical humid Sunday afternoon in July, Soni Tirki would be polishing off the chicken and rice that her mother makes every time the 20-year-old returns home. “I sit at ease and enjoy my meal,” Tirki says. “I eat however much I want. Nobody can stop me. Nobody can judge me.”

But on this Sunday, she has come to a village on the outskirts of New Delhi to join around 20 other women to discuss issues they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. As live-in domestic workers, the women rarely get a chance to step out of their employers’ homes; in fact, some expect to get an earful in the evening, but they say they don’t care anymore. After all, many of them say their salaries have been pending for several months. And, under the pretext of COVID-19 safety, their employers have further restricted the workers’ limited freedoms.

Although many of the women say they have always felt confined by their work, COVID-19 has given employers a means to justify restrictions, says Kavita Dang Rani, who works in a household in one of the several plush gated communities abutting the village, offering a stark contrast to the one-storied mud and brick houses where a few of the workers’ families live. Colorful pictures of Hindu gods adorn the outer walls of some of the one-room houses in the village.

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This article was originally published on Undark.


TheWire.in, 11 May, 2022, https://thewire.in/rights/how-covid-19-has-worsened-hardships-of-indias-domestic-workers


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