Surviving care: care work and migrant women of colour in the UK

This chapter examines the intersecting inequalities and marginalisation experienced by women of colour working in private care homes. Despite a growing body of literature on care work in gender and feminist scholarship, the experiences of migrant women of colour in private residential care homes remain underexplored. Using an intersectionality framework, this study investigates how the intersections of gender, race, and migration status create systems of oppression affecting the work and lives of racialised care workers. Drawing on interviews with 40 care workers, this chapter highlights the impact of racism on working and life conditions. The findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the ways in which intersectional inequalities shape care work and have implications for policy and practice aimed at promoting greater equality and racial justice for care workers.