Migrant Women in Times of Crisis: Vulnerability and Agency Among Domestic Workers
Due to a lack of professional recognition and an often precarious legal status, migrant domestic workers were especially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Many faced job losses and financial hardships almost overnight. Moreover, support measures were not adapted to their needs and reinforced the longstanding failure to acknowledge the work
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The massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Romania after February 2022 required rapid housing solutions in a country with few institutionalized structures to receive migrants seeking protection. In response to this situation, the state authorities relied on private hosts by launching a special program called “50/20.” Interviews with refugees, hosted
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