India's internal migrants and the first wave of COVID-19: The invisibility of female migrants

Authors

Kenneth Saldanha, Eastern Michigan University
C. D'Cunha, Andhra Loyola Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
Laura Kovick

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Department/School

Social Work

Publication Title

Asian Journal of Social Science

Abstract

This article highlights the plight of India's internal migrants during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, when media images depicted scores of these migrants hustling to return home. Using literature and newspaper searches, the article describes background factors influencing the large flows of internal migrants and the complexities of accurately defining and studying them. The study spotlights the lack of attention paid to female migrants and how gender remains a neglected dimension of migration, even though the challenges faced by female migrants are far more acute during migration, postmigration, the pandemic lockdown, and the economic fallout likely to occur following the pandemic.

Comments

K. Saldanha is a faculty member in EMU's School of Social Work.

Link to Published Version

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.001

Recommended Citation

Saldanha, K., D’Cunha, C., & Kovick, L. (2023). India’s internal migrants and the first wave of COVID-19: The invisibility of female migrants. Asian Journal of Social Science, 51(2), 116–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.001