Frontline Workers’ Solidarity Campaign - Call to Action for International Women’s Day 2021
2021
Action Plan
Health
Given the circumstances of the pandemic, we demand that women at the frontlines be kept at the heart of a COVID-recovery plan as they are critical in strengthening last mile quality health and nutrition services to India’s underserved. As we move into the recovery phase of the pandemic, it may be worthwhile exploring longer term solutions around crisis management that can potentially tackle this cluster of issues as well as bolster women’s economic agency. These women should no longer be termed ‘volunteers’ but should be formally recognized as workers,provided regular wages not less than minimum wages, and provided with all social security and workers’ benefits, which will also advance women’s economic empowerment. They should also be formally recognized for their huge contribution during the pandemic as Corona Warriors.