TY - JOUR
AU - Nur, Jahid
AU - Jabeen, Huraera
PY - 2023
DA - March
TI - Socio-economic constraints in re-entering the labour market during COVID-19 and the resilience of female informal workers living in urban informal settlements
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
EP - 172
VL - 34
IS - 2
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2023.2195834
AB - 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.
PB - Taylor and Francis
UR - https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/339268/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Work and workforce
ER