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dc.contributor.authorCámbara, Francisco Bolaños
dc.contributor.editorMalik, Ammar A
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-13T10:32:00Z
dc.date.available2022-10-13T10:32:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-31
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552074.2022.2066806
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/621438
dc.description<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People&#8217;s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers &#8211; Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand &#8211; to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and to what extent their home country&#8217;s social protection system supported them. It is based on more than 400 structured interviews with women migrant workers across nine provinces of Laos, who were working abroad in the informal economy and returned to Laos at the beginning of the pandemic. The research documented a rise in unemployment and income loss while aggravating gender inequalities in terms of the division of unpaid care work, discriminatory behaviours, and potential risks of gender-based violence. It identified several policy areas where systemic support for Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment should be prioritised: (1) extension of social protection, (2) national labour market strategy plan, (3) migration-sensitive national action plan, and (4) co-ordination between government and civil society organisations.</p> </body> </html>en_US
dc.format.extent17en_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam KEDVen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Brazilen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Colombiaen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Indiaen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Mexicoen_US
dc.publisherOxfam South Africaen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/covid-19-and-women-migrant-workers-in-informal-employment-recommendations-for-s-621438
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleCOVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republicen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfamen_US
oxfam.subject.countryLaoen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordSocial protectionen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordwomen migrant workersen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordinformal employmenten_US
oxfam.subject.keywordCOVID-19 pandemicen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordcivil societyen_US
prism.issuenameA Gender-Responsive Recovery: Ensuring Women’s Decent Work and Transforming Care Provisionen_US
prism.number2en_US
prism.volume30en_US


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