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Recounting her side of the Migration Story

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

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Recounting her side of the Migration Story

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  1. Recounting her side of the Migration Story

  2. Aajeevika Bureau

  3. Internal Migration in India Source: Indian Express

  4. 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

  5. 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 bus • 16-18 hour work-days • Irregular work, low wages, frequent abuse, harassment • Poor facilities at labornakas

  6. Compromised access to healthcare 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

  7. 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

  8. Migration Services & Solutions offered by Aajeevika 2 states, 9 districts, 8 centers

  9. 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

  10. Skilling them up!

  11. 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

  12. Reaching out to women in migrant HHs…

  13. Aajeevika Bureau THANK YOU • 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 ShramikSahayataevamSandarbhaKendraswhich offer a wide range of services to migrant workers and their families. 2 states, 8 centers Aajeevika Bureau, 2, PaneriUpvan, Street no: 3, Bedla road, Udaipur, Rajasthan, E-mail: info@aajeevika.org, Ph: +91-294- 2454092/2454429

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