COVID and Gender in the Middle East / edited by Rita Stephan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephan, Rita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Sociology.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, [2023]

Summary:

As the coronavirus ravages the globe, its aftermaths have brought gender inequalities to the forefront of many conversations. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been slow to prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate the COVID-19 health crisis and its impacts on governance, economics, security, and rights. Women’s physical well-being, social safety nets, and economic participation have been disproportionately affected, and with widespread shutdowns and capricious social welfare programs, women are exiting the workplace and the classroom, carrying the caregiving burden. With feminist foregrounding, Rita Stephan's collection COVID and Gender in the Middle East gathers an impressive group of local scholars, activists, and policy experts. The book examines a range of national and localized responses to gender-specific issues around COVID’s health impact and the economic fallout and resulting social vulnerabilities, including the magnified marginalization of Syrian refugees; the inequitable treatment of migrant workers in Bahrain; and the inadequate implementation of gender-based violence legislation in Morocco. An essential global resource, this book is the first to provide empirical evidence of COVID’s gendered effects.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

FOREWORD The Response to COVID—and to Everything— Is Female

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION Why Is COVID Female?

PART I Care and Care Work Spheres

CHAPTER 1 COVID-19, Women, and Healthcare

CHAPTER 2 COVID-19: A Threat to Lebanese Women’s Precarious Condition

CHAPTER 3 The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Prosperity in the Gulf Countries: Survey Evidence from Bahrain

CHAPTER 4 When Inequalities Interconnect: Women Scholars’ Productivity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa

PART II Social Vulnerabilities

CHAPTER 5 The LGBTIQ+ Community’s COVID Dilemma in Lebanon

CHAPTER 6 The Gendered Impact of the Pandemic on Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan

CHAPTER 7 Violence against Moroccan Women during and after Lockdown

CHAPTER 8 Gender Dynamics and Distance Education: Toward a Situational-Interactionist Model of the COVID-19 Contingency Effect on Female University Students in Morocco

PART III A Gender Lens on COVID Impact in the Middle East and North Africa

CHAPTER 9 COVID’s Three-Order Impacts on Women’s Lives: A Typology

CHAPTER 10 Women’s Rights and Roles during the COVID-19 Pandemic

CHAPTER 11 Unmasking Masculinity during COVID in the Middle East and North Africa

PART IV Feminist Responses

CHAPTER 12 COVID-19 and Feminism in the Middle East: Challenges, Initiatives, and Dilemmas

CHAPTER 13 The Power of Bipartisan Mobilization: The Success of Tunisia’s Feminist Movement during the Coronavirus Pandemic

CHAPTER 14 Harmony of Feminine and Masculine Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan

CHAPTER 15 The Feminist Position: Corona Crisis Management and Its Impact on Palestinian Women

Contributors

Index

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ISBN:

9781477326541

1477326545

9781477326534

1477326537

OCLC:

1369644683