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Indian women front-line health workers on strike for better wages
11-8-2020
Thousands of Indian women health workers went on strike last Saturday and Sunday demanding an increase in wages to reach 21,000 Rupees, in addition to pensions and the provision of protection during their work on the front lines in combating Covid-19. Recalling, that the government in India has earlier promised around one million women from the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) program that it will trace those infected with the coronavirus across the country, particularly in rural areas and slums. These women, according to AFP, are called ‘volunteers’. They receive a monthly wage of 1000 rupees (USD 13) from their government while facing daily harassment and assaults during their work in remote villages. Rana, one of the workers in the field in Delhi, told AFP that at least 200 health activists with their families have been infected with Covid-19 in the capital only. “We had to collect money to treat and feed them,” she lamented. (An Nahar, August 10, 2020)
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