“Two hours extra for working from home”: Reporting on gender, space, and time from the Covid‐field of Delhi, India
“Two hours extra for working from home”: Reporting on gender, space, and time from the Covid‐field of Delhi, India
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“在家工作多出两个小时”：印度德里新冠疫情领域的性别、空间和时间报道
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10.31235/osf.io/8hnj4
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2020
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A. Islam
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本文通过对在印度德里一家电子商务公司工作的年轻女子普拉奇的案例研究，探讨了新冠肺炎大流行对性别的直接和潜在的长期影响。虽然Prachi是一名在危机中没有失去工作的更有特权的工人之一，但她不得不突然迅速地适应“在家工作”的做法。作为一名初级服务工作者，在家工作的基础设施非常有限，普拉奇的身心健康状况每况愈下。在这段艰难的时期，为了维持家人的生计，她长时间工作的同时，她还不得不与参与家务的强迫进行谈判。她的雇主的不信任和更多的监控让她感到脆弱，特别是作为一名工作在组织中得不到应有认可的女性。Prachi的描述强调，尽管在家工作的做法为工人提供了灵活性，但它也可能导致不平等加剧。这篇文章概述了在大流行期间需要更仔细地审查工作过渡的性别影响的必要性。
This article explores, through the case study of Prachi, a young woman working for an e- commerce company in Delhi, India, the immediate and potential long-term gendered implications of the Covid-19 pandemic. While one of the more ‘privileged’ workers who did not lose her job during the crisis, Prachi had to suddenly and swiftly adapt to the practice of ‘work-from-home’. As a neophyte service worker with very limited infrastructure for working at home, Prachi experienced deterioration in her physical and mental health. While working long hours to keep her family afloat during this difficult time, she also had to negotiate the compulsion to participate in housework. Her employers’ distrust and increased surveillance has left her feeling vulnerable, particularly as a woman whose work is not given due recognition in the organisation. Prachi’s account highlights that although the practice of work-from-home affords flexibility to workers, it can also result in the exacerbation of inequalities. This article outlines the need for closer examination of the gendered implications of work transitions during the pandemic.