INTER-LINKED: Domestic Work in India & COVID-19

In this episode of Inter-Linked, we speak to CNES's researchers on their recent series of fieldwork on assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of domestic workers in India.  We were joined by Richa Sekhani, Senior Research Analyst (CNES), and Research Associate at Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER); and Advaita Singh and Vanshika Mittal, Senior Research Analysts (CNES) and students at Ashoka University. The two studies are publicly accessible on the links below: (1) Mohan, D., Sekhani, R., Singh, A., Mittal, V., Mistry, J., Mishra, S., & Agarwal, S. Gauging the Impact of a Pandemic on the Lives and Livelihoods of Female Domestic Worker Across Indian Cities. https://jgu.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/jslh/Journal+Submission.pdf (2) Sekhani, R., Mohan, D., Mistry, J., Mittal, V., & Singh, A. Understanding the Intra-Household Decision Making of Female Domestic Workers Across Cities of India: Ethnographic reflections from Bhopal, Katni, Jhansi, Lucknow, and Pune. https://jgu.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/jslh/Understanding+the+Intra-Household+Decision+Making+of+Female+Domestic+Workers+Across+Cities+of+India-+Ethnographic+reflections+from+Bhopal%2C+Katni%2C+Jhansi%2C+Lucknow%2C+and+Pune.pdf