ABSTRACT
This chapter brings out the diverse ways in which mobility enables or disables the change of social and economic conditions for women migrants in slums. To get a sense of everyday life and concerns in the slum, case studies of six women migrants were taken as the main foundation of the study. After weighing the gains and losses, the study concludes that migration has helped migrant households avoid hunger, starvation, and death, but it has failed to improve the economic well-being of families. To alleviate poverty, the government’s attention should be directed towards combating population movement via rural development and also improving the living conditions of those who have already moved.
