-The Hindu Their working hours were reduced, says agency in report Women and lower-paid workers have disproportionately borne the brunt of the decrease in wages due to the COVID-19 crisis as their working hours were reduced, according to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Wage Report 2020-2021. The report, released on Wednesday, said global wage growth fluctuated between 1.6% and 2.2% in the four years preceding the Pandemic, that is 2016 to 2019. “In...
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Delhi: Families facing income crunch,100k+ kids turn to anganwadis -Fareeha Iftikhar
-Hindustan Times According to data shared by the department, around 560,000 children were enrolled in Delhi’s anganwadi centres before the lockdown was enforced in March, a number which has since shot up Over 100,000 children have enrolled in the city’s anganwadi centres over the course of the Pandemic, official data shows, as families whose incomes have been severely hit over the past few month move their children from private institutions in search...
More »Women farmers worst hit by anti-farmer laws: National Women’s Organisations
-SabrangIndia.in The group of leading womens’ organisations write open letter to PM Modi; will soon hold nationwide protests against the “ruthlessness exhibited by the Union government” National women’s organisations have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the government stop repressing the farmers’ legitimate and peaceful protests immediately. They have asked that all cases imposed on the struggling farmers and leaders of the farmers’ organisations be withdrawn and...
More »Lessons from the lockdown for India’s rural employment scheme -Vani Viswanathan, Sultan Ahmad & Aaditeshwar Seth
-Scroll.in Often the sole source of income for households in villages, NREGA has been plagued with issues during the Pandemic. During the lockdown, an estimated 20 million to 30 million migrant workers returned home, out of work and out of money. Some of them tried helping their families with farming and some even used the skills they had developed to set up new enterprises. But most remained jobless. The National Rural Employment...
More »Most Enterprises Worldwide Lack Cash Flow During Pandemic: ILO
-Newsclick.in A majority of enterprises surveyed said they were finding it difficult to manage staff and operations, the ILO report says. New Delhi: As the COVID-19 Pandemic disrupts several economies worldwide, particularly India’s, a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says that the greatest challenge faced by businesses across the globe has been keeping up cash flow to manage operations and staff, tide over supplier disruptions and gaining access to...
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