Women Migrants’ Health and Work after COVID-19: An Intersectional and Comparative Study in Malaysia and Thailand

Abstract:

Using a community-based participatory action research approach, the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru), St. Michel’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto and the Socio-Economic and Labor Research Directorate of the Ministry of Work and Employment (Peru), will involve women domestic workers unions to examine the working conditions and access to healthcare of women domestic workers in three cities of Peru (Lima, La Libertad and Piura).

Expected results

Expected results includes:

• The assessment and comparison of health and working conditions of women domestic workers before and during the pandemic.
• The identification of the barriers that affect their access to social protection policies in the formal and informal economies.
• The co-design of context-adapted recommendations to improve access to health services and social protection among women domestic workers.
• Specific recommendations to respond to the specific needs and context of certain groups (by age, ethnic/race identification, migration status)
• Strengthened multidisciplinary research team capacities including early career researchers and women scientists.