‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic
| dc.contributor.author | Kisana, Ravikant | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shah, Nioshi | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Smyth, Ines | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-23T16:07:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-23T16:07:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-03-23 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1355-2074 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13552074.2021.1885217 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621176 | |
| dc.description | <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health risks and needs. We document their internal negotiation of health risks, and their narratives pertaining to chronic health issues and deteriorating mental health arising from COVID-19-related uncertainty. We also probe on how their family roles and obligations intersect with their de-prioritisation of self-care. The investigation reveals narratives of lack of agency at work, invisibilised and endemic mental wellness issues, and neglect of personal well-being at the cost of centring the needs of the family.</p> </body> </html> | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 19 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | en_US |
| dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/no-one-understands-what-we-go-through-self-identification-of-health-risks-by-wo-621176 | |
| dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health | en_US |
| dc.title | ‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9221 | |
| dc.identifier.journal | Gender & Development | en_US |
| oxfam.signoff.status | For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.country | India | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | COVID-19 | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Health risks | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Sanitation workers | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Mental wellness | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Caste | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Gender roles | en_US |
| prism.issuename | Health | en_US |
| prism.number | 1 | en_US |
| prism.volume | 29 | en_US |