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Just Emergencies Episode 16: Covid-19 & Migrant Care Workers Just Emergencies Podcast

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In Episode 16 of Just Emergencies, Prof Lisa Eckenweiler discusses the impact of Covid-19 on migrant care workers. Migrant care workers are an essential part of many Global North countries’ health systems and have become even more so over the course of the pandemic. Yet, they are disproportionately vulnerable to Covid-19 as well as precarious living and working conditions due to the political and social contexts in which they work. Prof Eckenweiler discusses these issues in light of justice, fairness, and solidarity concerns and extrapolates what we might do about them.View Episode 16 full transcript

In Episode 16 of Just Emergencies, Prof Lisa Eckenweiler discusses the impact of Covid-19 on migrant care workers. Migrant care workers are an essential part of many Global North countries’ health systems and have become even more so over the course of the pandemic. Yet, they are disproportionately vulnerable to Covid-19 as well as precarious living and working conditions due to the political and social contexts in which they work. Prof Eckenweiler discusses these issues in light of justice, fairness, and solidarity concerns and extrapolates what we might do about them.View Episode 16 full transcript

19 min

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