The Centre for Policy Research (CPR), UNICEF India and NITI Aayog invite you to a half-day webinar on
Delivering Services to Circular Migrants in India: Spotlight on Women and Children
About the Webinar
The 2020 migrant crisis during the COVID-19 lockdown demonstrated an urgent need to strengthen social protection and service delivery for circular migrants in Indian cities. Existing solutions for migrants have been framed by the lens of labour, with the inadvertent outcome of pushing the concerns of women and children migrants to the periphery of migration policy. In cities, where social protection delivery is complicated by poor governance capacities, the ability of migrant women and children to access social protection and services is of particular concern.
Releasing a recent research study by UNICEF India and CPR, carried out across five states during the COVID-19 pandemic, the session will highlight challenges, good practices and emerging thinking on strengthening social protection for migrant women and children, focusing on sectors like nutrition, health and education, as well as governance processes and institutions. It will also bring together the insights of policy practitioners from both government and civil society on actionable ways to include migrant women and children in design and delivery of public services.
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| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Opening SessionWelcome note: Yamini Aiyar, President & Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research
Context setting: Yasumasa Kimura, Representative a.i., UNICEF India
Migrants and social policy in India: Muniraju S B, Dy Adviser, NITI Aayog |
| 10:30 AM – 12:00PM |
Technical Session 1: Visibilizing Women and Children in the Migration DiscourseModerator: Neena Bhatia, Senior Specialist, NITI Aayog
Presentations
Mukta Naik, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Surya Bhushan, Associate Professor, Development Management Institute, Patna
Panelists
- Umi Daniel, Aide et Action
- Divya Varma, Ajeevika Bureau
- Anjali Borhade, President, Disha Foundation
- Shabarinath Nair, Labour Migration Specialist, ILO
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| 12:00 PM – 1:30PM |
Technical Session 2: Urban Governance Challenges for Migrant InclusionModerator: Partha Mukhopadhyay, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research Presentation by Shamindra Nath Roy, Centre for Policy Research
Panelists
- Amita Bhide, Dean, School of Habitat Studies, TISS Mumbai
- Varun Agrawal, CEO, India Migration Now
- Sudhir Katiyar, Centre for Labour Action and Research
- Roshni Nuggehalli, YUVA
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| 1:30PM–1:35PM |
Closing
Vote of Thanks: Hyun Hee Ban, UNICEF India |
