Pandemic hit domestic workers hard: study

Domestic workers are staring at increased job and financial insecurity induced by the pandemic crisis, according to findings of a research done by faculty members at the Central University of Tamil Na

Domestic workers are staring at increased job and financial insecurity induced by the pandemic crisis, according to findings of a research done by faculty members at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur among women in Kochi, Mumbai and Delhi. The major short-term impact of the pandemic is reported as difficulty in payment of rents and draining away of savings while the long-term impact includes job and financial insecurity, said B.S. Sumalatha (Department of Economics), Lekha D. Bhat (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health), and K.P. Chitra (Department of Social Work) in their paper titled ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the Informal Sector: A Study of Women Domestic Workers in India’ published in the Indian Economic Journal on June 25.