Tables turn as India’s female health workers get COVID jab
Pune, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Jyoti Bhambure is usually the one dispensing medicine – last week she was at the receiving end, among the first in India’s million-strong force of women health workers to win a COVID-19 vaccine. Dressed in a bright green sari with a gold border, Bhambure visited the small, rural hospital in western […]
On India’s COVID-19 frontline, female health workers push for fair pay
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Rushing from one home to another in a village in western India, health worker Ashwini Mhaske cannot afford to take a breather. Working to keep COVID-19 at bay while caring for mothers and babies, Mhaske races between households to meet job targets and earn bonuses for a average monthly wage of […]