Devalina Mookerjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 2487256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devalina Mookerjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devalina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mookerjee |
| SIGNATURE | MOOKERJEE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Senior Fellow, Public Report on Health Project, Council for Social Development, 53 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110 003. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A typology of the sources of mental health precarity among migrant workers in India during the Covid-19 lockdown
When urban workplaces shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India, a very large number of migrant workers were forced to reverse-migrate to their largely rural points of origin. This article looks at the mental health implications of the period migrants spent without work, back at the low-resource places from which they had out-migrated, in hopes of a better life. Based on qualitative interviews conducted with reverse migrants during th…
A Culture-Centered Approach to Experiences of the Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdown Among Internal Migrants in India
India's coronavirus lockdown forced low-wage migrant workers to return from the city to the home towns and villages from which they came. Pre-pandemic living and working conditions were already stressful and difficult for these migrants. The lockdown became an additional burden, since it shut down sources of income with no assurance about when, or if, work and earning to support families could be resumed. This article draws on the lens of the Cul…
Negotiating ‘choice’: Hegemony and resistance in ante-natal clinics
Based on primary research conducted at ante-natal (AN) clinics in West Bengal, this paper seeks to explore and understand women's experiences of the reproductive and child-linked healthcare (RCH) system. While official accounts claim that the RCH approach is sensitive to women's needs and contingencies, the reality on the ground shows a different picture. The hegemonic ‘ideal’ woman user of the AN clinic system is discussed, as this is the image …
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Negotiating ‘choice’: Hegemony and resistance in ante-natal clinics
Based on primary research conducted at ante-natal (AN) clinics in West Bengal, this paper seeks to explore and understand women's experiences of the reproductive and child-linked healthcare (RCH) system. While official accounts claim that the RCH approach is sensitive to women's needs and contingencies, the reality on the ground shows a different picture. The hegemonic ‘ideal’ woman user of the AN clinic system is discussed, as this is the image …
A Culture-Centered Approach to Experiences of the Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdown Among Internal Migrants in India
India's coronavirus lockdown forced low-wage migrant workers to return from the city to the home towns and villages from which they came. Pre-pandemic living and working conditions were already stressful and difficult for these migrants. The lockdown became an additional burden, since it shut down sources of income with no assurance about when, or if, work and earning to support families could be resumed. This article draws on the lens of the Cul…
A typology of the sources of mental health precarity among migrant workers in India during the Covid-19 lockdown
When urban workplaces shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India, a very large number of migrant workers were forced to reverse-migrate to their largely rural points of origin. This article looks at the mental health implications of the period migrants spent without work, back at the low-resource places from which they had out-migrated, in hopes of a better life. Based on qualitative interviews conducted with reverse migrants during th…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migrant workers (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works)