Freedom or money? The dilemma of migrant live-in elderly carers in times of covid-19

Gender, Work and Organization - Journal Article

As a consequence of the lockdown measures imposed by the Belgian government to fight against COVID-19, migrant live-in elderly carers had to choose between safeguarding their job - at the detriment of their personal freedom, their health and their working conditions - and safeguarding their freedom but losing their job - at the detriment of their economic survival and that of their families. This article explores this dilemma from an intersectionality perspective. In order to understand their experience in times of COVID-19 and their response to this dilemma, I analyse their position as women, as migrants, as elderly care workers, as family breadwinners and as 'quasi-family members' in the families of their employer - which correspond to five interlocking systems of oppression. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

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