Food security and Low-Skilled Female Domestic Workforce: A Study on Return Migrants from the Middle East to Kerala

The project has the following objectives: 1) Explain and explore the conditions of labour in which female migrants are employed in GCC countries and the impact it has on their food security outcomes? 2) Inspect and justify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security outcomes among low skilled migrant women in the Gulf. 3) Outline the relationship between differential access to formal employment, educational trajectories, and socioeconomic preconditions, with return migrant women in mind. Examine and assess their role in contributing to food insecurity. 4) Explore policy changes aimed at improving and ensuring food security targeted at female return migrants.