COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa
About the publication COVID-19 has become one of the most severe issues dominating discussions on the agendas of states globally, and across the African continent, since its emergence in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has regrettably brought into sharp focus the continued multiple and intersecting fo...
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COVID-19 has become one of the most severe issues dominating discussions on the agendas of states globally, and across the African continent, since its emergence in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has regrettably brought into sharp focus the continued multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by women and girls in Africa because of their intersecting identities. Yet, paradoxically, although African women are disproportionately affected by the crisis, they are largely invisible in the responses. Several African states and governments have taken different policy measures in response to the pandemic. These responses have taken different dimensions, including shutting down economies, imposition of lockdowns, coercive quarantine measures with police enforcement and criminal consequences for offenders violating these rules. Unfortunately, these responses have reinforced and amplified women’s disproportionate disadvantage and gender inequalities in Africa. Against this backdrop, this book asks the intersectional question about women’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Applying an intersectional human rights lens involves questioning how the intersecting identities that African women embody affect their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1004152024-03-30T12:51:39Z COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa Johnson, Adetokunbo Budoo-Scholtz, Ashwanee COVID-19 intersectionalities Africa law thema EDItEUR::L Law About the publication COVID-19 has become one of the most severe issues dominating discussions on the agendas of states globally, and across the African continent, since its emergence in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has regrettably brought into sharp focus the continued multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by women and girls in Africa because of their intersecting identities. Yet, paradoxically, although African women are disproportionately affected by the crisis, they are largely invisible in the responses. Several African states and governments have taken different policy measures in response to the pandemic. These responses have taken different dimensions, including shutting down economies, imposition of lockdowns, coercive quarantine measures with police enforcement and criminal consequences for offenders violating these rules. Unfortunately, these responses have reinforced and amplified women’s disproportionate disadvantage and gender inequalities in Africa. Against this backdrop, this book asks the intersectional question about women’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Applying an intersectional human rights lens involves questioning how the intersecting identities that African women embody affect their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Published 2023-05-30T07:02:05Z 2023-05-30T07:02:05Z 2023 book 978-1-7764117-5-7 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/100415 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/covid-19-and-women-s-intersectionalities-in-africa Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) 20df0dc0-18ea-432a-9877-b3f142eb440d 978-1-7764117-5-7 320 Pretoria University Law Press open access |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 intersectionalities Africa law thema EDItEUR::L Law COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa |
| title | COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa |
| title_full | COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa |
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| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa |
| title_short | COVID-19 and women’s intersectionalities in Africa |
| title_sort | covid 19 and women s intersectionalities in africa |
| topic | COVID-19 intersectionalities Africa law thema EDItEUR::L Law |
| topic_facet | COVID-19 intersectionalities Africa law thema EDItEUR::L Law |
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