Even in #COVID19 & the lockdown, women’s work remains unseen, unpaid, underpaid & at risk of discrimination, harassment & violence. We need to build a world of work that is secure & celebrates the role of women. #MainBhiShramik#WorkersAgainstCOVID#MayDay2020
Amid the #COVID crisis, the livelihoods of informal workers have been disrupted & their families are struggling even for basic necessities.
With support from @Lenovo_in, we reached out to 200 most vulnerable slum-dwelling families in Bengaluru, Karnataka, with ration kits.
DNTs and migrant labourers are severely impacted due to covid 19. @ActionAidIndia team and volunteers are reaching out to such families and providing dry ration, cooked food and sanitation items so that they can cope with this crises.
Amid the #COVID crises, daily wagers & their families are finding it difficult to cope with no income. We provided ration kits to 1200 most vulnerable families in Sanand in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, incl. single women & families from nomadic & denotified tribes in order to support them
Continuing our #COVID response efforts in Dabhoi in Vadodara, Gujarat, with support from Husti Initiative, London, we distributed dry ration kits to families of 35 migrant & daily wage workers today.
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Responding to the #COVID2019 crisis, we are reaching out to the most marginalized communities in Vadodara, Gujarat, with messages on preventing infection spread through social distancing & appeals to stay safe.
Daily wagers & their families need support to tide over the tough times caused by #COVID outbreak. W/support from @LIC_HFL, we've provided dry ration kits to 550 families in need in Bengaluru & 250 families in Chikkaballapur in Karnataka. Thanks @LIC_HFL for helping us help them.
As we fight #COVID,given the necessary lockdown, informal workers have lost their sources of income.
W/support from @GiveIndia & @Helo_IN, we reached out w/ration & sanitation kits to 1814 families dependent on informal economy in Belagavi & Mysore, Karnataka
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Amid the unfolding #COVID pandemic & the necessary lockdown, the informal workers & their families are facing several vulnerabilities.
With support from @FeedingIndia, we have been able to provide dry ration support to 581 most vulnerable families in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Ranabir Samaddar, director of the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, speaks about the factors behind the migrants’ desperation to reach home and the dynamics of the visibility and invisibility of migrant labour.
https://t.co/9BAEv91dZj
Introducing a recently published policy note,'#IsolateDontAbandon- Helping Vulnerable Communities Cope w/the COVID-19 crisis', @C9Khalid of @ActionAidIndia talks about how this crisis is hugely affecting marginalized communities & the need to support them: https://t.co/ibWUOY9xam
Thanks to all volunteers, partners, team members and supporters for the tireless work for reaching out to migrant, domestic, daily wage workers and most vulnerable families in providing dry ration and cooked food support in this hour of need in Lucknow.
Volunteers of @ActionAidIndia are preparing dry ration and sanitation kits for the distribution among most vulnerable families in Lalitpur. @Helo_IN @GiveIndia#CovidWarriors @DMLalitpur