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‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

Nilsson, Josefine LU (2022) MIDM19 20221
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. This micro-level study provides insight into a long-standing social movement organisation’s framing of the crisis. A qualitative content analysis investigates the Self-Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) role as an influential grassroots actor in India and its adaptation to crisis settings. Core framing tasks identified from online textual materials demonstrate SEWA and informal women workers’ struggles and responses. The study provides an insight into the... (More)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. This micro-level study provides insight into a long-standing social movement organisation’s framing of the crisis. A qualitative content analysis investigates the Self-Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) role as an influential grassroots actor in India and its adaptation to crisis settings. Core framing tasks identified from online textual materials demonstrate SEWA and informal women workers’ struggles and responses. The study provides an insight into the complexities of poor women’s concerns while revealing pandemic ground realities and mobilisation efforts. SEWA’s interpretation of the crisis draws on preceding advocacy for the recognition and rights of informal women workers. To foster inclusion, SEWA accentuates the importance of community involvement, collaborations, and making marginalised voices heard. The paper increases the understanding of global crises through the lens of a leading social actor’s framing to achieve social and economic change. (Less)
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author
Nilsson, Josefine LU
supervisor
organization
course
MIDM19 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
COVID-19, Crisis, Civil Society, Women Informal Workers, SEWA, Social Movement Framing, India
language
English
id
9100303
date added to LUP
2022-09-16 08:59:45
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2022-09-16 08:59:45
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  abstract     = {{The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. This micro-level study provides insight into a long-standing social movement organisation’s framing of the crisis. A qualitative content analysis investigates the Self-Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) role as an influential grassroots actor in India and its adaptation to crisis settings. Core framing tasks identified from online textual materials demonstrate SEWA and informal women workers’ struggles and responses. The study provides an insight into the complexities of poor women’s concerns while revealing pandemic ground realities and mobilisation efforts. SEWA’s interpretation of the crisis draws on preceding advocacy for the recognition and rights of informal women workers. To foster inclusion, SEWA accentuates the importance of community involvement, collaborations, and making marginalised voices heard. The paper increases the understanding of global crises through the lens of a leading social actor’s framing to achieve social and economic change.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Josefine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}