Adivasi women temporary workers in tea gardens and the Covid-19 pandemic

IF 2 Q3 MANAGEMENT Equality Diversity and Inclusion Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.1108/edi-12-2022-0333
Poonam Barhoi, Surbhi Dayal
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Purpose The tea plantation industry is characterized by the large-scale deployment of cheap women laborers and gender-blind practices that make the social positions of women workers vulnerable. This paper considers women temporary workers in tea gardens to study the exacerbated impact of Covid-19 on their lives. The impact of the pandemic on marginal tea garden women laborers has not received enough attention from researchers; hence, the authors have studied the gendered implications of the pandemic on Adivasi temporary women workers in tea gardens in India. “Adivasi” is an umbrella term to refer to all indigenous tribes in India. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a qualitative study with 26 in-depth interviews with women temporary workers who identify themselves as Adivasis. For the discussion, the authors have mainly borrowed from intersectionality and subalternity literature. Findings The analysis explored the intersectional experiences of the women temporary workers (1) as members of Tea Tribes who are compelled to continue working at tea gardens as wage laborers, (2) job insecurities at work due to their temporary worker status, (3) disadvantages faced by women workers for their gender identity and (4) the gendered impact of the pandemic on their lives. Originality/value This study has explored the gendered impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of temporary women workers who belong to ethnic minority groups in the global south. The exploitation of labor rights in the tea industry during the pandemic has not been discussed enough by researchers earlier.
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茶园的土著妇女临时工和Covid-19大流行
茶园产业的特点是大规模部署廉价的女性劳动力和性别盲目的做法,使女性工人的社会地位脆弱。本文以茶园女工为研究对象,研究新冠肺炎疫情对她们生活的加剧影响。疫情对边缘茶园女工的影响没有得到研究者的足够重视;因此,作者研究了大流行对印度茶园阿迪瓦西临时女工的性别影响。“阿迪瓦西”是一个总称,指的是印度所有的土著部落。设计/方法/方法作者进行了一项定性研究,对26名认为自己是阿迪瓦西斯的女性临时工进行了深入访谈。在讨论中,作者主要借鉴了交叉性和次择性的文献。研究结果分析了女性临时工的交叉经历(1)作为茶部落的成员,她们被迫继续在茶园工作,(2)由于临时工身份而导致的工作不安全感,(3)女工在性别认同方面面临的劣势,(4)疫情对她们生活的性别影响。本研究探讨了2019冠状病毒病大流行对全球南方少数民族临时工生活的性别影响。研究人员此前没有对疫情期间茶叶行业的劳工权利剥削进行足够的讨论。
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