The project lasted for 4 years and 9 months. All activities undertaken during this period were necessary to progress towards Milestones as set in the grant proposal, based on the following main actions:
Starting up: Sabrina Marchetti (PI) has hired the full Team (3 researchers, 9 country-experts and 1 research assistant, and 1 web-designer). She has also launched the DomEQUAL outreach communication platform (website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).
Data collection: Between June 2017 and March 2018, quali-quanti data have gathered by the country experts and forwarded to the PI on a rolling basis. Country-experts also prepared a background overview and a timeline of laws and policy interventions on domestic workers in the country, detailed profiles of main actors, and a self-reflective assessment of the fieldwork experience and research outcomes. During the same time, the PI and Core-team have visited the countries under investigation and participated in the Local workshops organized by the Country-experts. All data gathered has been transferred, archived and processed by complying with ethical principles for data protection as stated in Data Management Plan of the project.
Analysis and writing of results: After March 2018 and till the end of the project, the Core Team based in Venice has mainly consisted in the analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data which was collected in the previous phase by the 9 country experts, with the support of 2 Research assistants. The analysis of interview material, in particular, was conducted by using the coding software Maxqda whilst statistical data where processed by using STATA.
Dissemination: During the entire project, the Team has paid particular attention in disseminating preliminary and final results mainly through:
- hosting events (Symposia, Local workshops and various seminars);
- publications and presentations of project results (conference papers, peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and books);
- out-reach communication (magazine articles, media interviews, book launches);
- writing short reports on the countries (on the DomEQUAL website)
- producing web-documentaries (based on interviews with researchers and domestic workers’ activists).