ABSTRACT

During COVID-19, female informal workers living in urban informal settlements in Bangladesh have faced greater challenges in re-entering the labour market than their male counterparts. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study, which has explored how the pre-existing socio-economic constraints around gender norms, gender roles, occupational sex-segregation, lack of education and skills, informality and restricted mobility have made the re-entry process extremely difficult for these workers during COVID-19 in Dhaka city. The paper also illustrates that these workers have adopted strategies catered for short-lasting crises to cope with the challenges arisen from their struggle to secure livelihoods.

摘要

在 COVID-19 期间，居住在孟加拉国城市非正规住区的女性非正规工人在重新进入劳动力市场方面比男性工人面临更大的挑战。本文介绍了一项定性研究的结果，该研究探讨了围绕性别规范、性别角色、职业性别隔离、缺乏教育和技能、非正规性和流动性受限的先前存在的社会经济限制如何使重新进入在达卡市的 COVID-19 期间，这些工人的工作过程极其困难。该文件还说明，这些工人采取了迎合短期危机的策略，以应对他们为确保生计而进行的斗争所带来的挑战。