recounting her side of the migration story
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Recounting her side of the Migration Story. Aajeevika Bureau. Internal Migration in India. Source: Indian Express. Women in the migrant labour market . 12 % of the migrant workforce in Rajasthan Employed in construction, agriculture , brick-kilns, mining, & domestic work - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Recounting her side of the
Migration Story
Aajeevika Bureau
An institutional response to the high incidence of migration among the rural poor. It seeks to provide comprehensive services to help reduce hardship for migrants and render migration into a more positive opportunity
Established in 2005
Direct Operations in Rajasthan and Gujarat
Internal Migration in India
Source: Indian Express
Seasonal migration for livelihood a pervasive reality
Main exit from poverty
Principal and preferred means of labour recruitment
Uncounted
Facing multiple perils –loss of identity, entitlements and more
Women further hidden, missing from the migration discourse
Women in the migrant labour market
12 % of the migrant workforce in Rajasthan
Employed in construction, agriculture, brick-kilns, mining, & domestic work
Only manual work 94 % intra-state, 54 % SC-ST Low on education and skill, upward
mobility highly limited Face significant wage discrimination
(Rs. 135/242 for male workers) Poor access to basic amenities &
healthcare
A Trend to note !
Women as commuter labour In construction sector, as
daily wage laborer Two age brackets (18-20) or
30 plus. Travel 20-30 km daily by bus16-18 hour work-days Irregular work, low wages,
frequent abuse, harassment Poor facilities at labor nakas
Scattered farm habitations and unfamiliar social setting leads to isolation & poor access to health care
As per AB survey in Idar farms, 30% women pregnant, but without ANC; No access to JSY, institutional delivery facilities, return to the source
Compromised access to healthcare
Families back home
Women fending for family, managing household chores Erratic cash flows, serious cash deficits Compromised access to public entitlements and
resources Bearing increased health burden
Registration and Photo ID service
Skill Training and Placement
Legal Aid and Counseling
Worker Collectivization & Advocacy
Financial Services and Social Security Support services for migrants in cities
Family Empowerment Program 2 states, 9 districts, 8
centers
Migration Services & Solutions offered by Aajeevika
Enabling Entitlements & strengthening support systems
119 groups, 3865 families linked through the initiative, 9431 government service linkages (PDS, MGNREGS, Pension and more),
5787 health linkages
Skilling them up!
Promoting Women Worker Collectives
Workers from construction, mining, brick-kiln and farms
Awareness on minimum wages, labor rights Social security linkages and skill up-gradation
Reaching out to women in migrant HHs…
Difficult to reach out to – identity subsumed under male companion’s
Occupational niches are highly gendered making shift in skills for women difficult
Paucity of models/services pertinent to their needs
Large number of commuters – require safe transportation, social support and day care facilities for children at home
Welfare mechanisms at Panchayat require special efforts to reach to women from migrant HHs
Aajeevika Bureau
THANK YOU
Aajeevika Bureau, 2, Paneri Upvan, Street no: 3, Bedla road, Udaipur, Rajasthan, E-mail: [email protected], Ph: +91-294- 2454092/2454429
Aajeevika is an institutional response to the high incidence of migration among the rural poor. It seeks to provide comprehensive services to help reduce hardship for migrants and their families and render migration into a more positive opportunity. The organization was established in 2005 and is based in Udaipur, Rajasthan. It works in the Southern Rajasthan-Gujarat migration corridor, and runs walk-in resource centers called Shramik Sahayata evam Sandarbha Kendras which offer a wide range of services to migrant workers and their families.
2 states, 8 centers