Anita Cheria is the Director of OpenSpace, an organisation that supports campaigns and community-led organisations with information, strategic planning, networking and documentation. She has had diverse experiences over the past 30 years, having worked with displaced communities, issues of business and human rights, sexual harassment of women in workplaces, gender and caste discrimination. The common thread through these has been a gender perspective along with concerns of inclusion and governance.
Government’s COVID response has failed to recognise the migrant worker as human. While the workers are treated like criminals, the real culprits behind their plight go scot-free.