“Exploited and mistreated”: South Asia’s all-female health workers fight for recognition
From India to Pakistan and Nepal, thousands of low-paid rural community health workers are demanding higher wages and labour rights. ANNIE BANERJI, ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM and AADESH SUBEDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Tables turn as India’s female health workers get COVID jab
Pune, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Jyoti Bhambure is usually the one dispensing medicine – last week she was at the receiving end, among the first in India’s million-strong force of women health workers to win a COVID-19 vaccine. Dressed in a bright green sari with a gold border, Bhambure visited the small, rural hospital in […]
On India’s COVID-19 frontline, female health workers push for fair pay
Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Rushing from one home to another in a village in western India, health worker Ashwini Mhaske cannot afford to take a breather. Working to keep COVID-19 at bay while caring for mothers and babies, Mhaske races between households to meet job targets and earn bonuses for a average monthly wage […]