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1 online resource |
| Summary |
The Girl in the Pandemic: Transnational Perspectives is a collection of essays that explores the experiences of girls and young women during the COVID-19 pandemic in eight different countries. The book highlights the challenges that girls face, such as increased risk of violence, reduced access to education, and mental health problems. However, it also showcases the resilience and strength of girls, who have found new ways to learn, connect with others, and support themselves and their communities. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Girl in the Pandemic / Claudia Mitchell and Ann Smith -- Five Lessons from Past Ebola Epidemics for Today's COVID-19 Pandemic / Nidhi Kapur -- How to Build "Meaningful Bonds" with Poor Young Women? State Interventions during the Lockdown in Argentina / Ana Cecilia Ga`itn -- What It All Means: Young Rural Women in South Africa Confronting COVID-19 / Nokukhanya Ngcobo, Zinhle Nkosi, and Ayub Sheik -- Women Teachers Support Girls during the COVID-19 School Closures in Uganda / Christine Apiot Okudi -- Experiencing Care: Young Women's Response to COVID-19 Crises in Poland / Anna Bednarczyk, Zuzanna Kapciak, Kinga Madejczak, Alicja Sdzikowska, Natalia Witek, and Faustyna Zdziarska -- Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare Measures in Europe and Beyond / Sarah Bracken -- Women and the Politics of Military Confrontation / Sahar Atshan -- Palestinian and Israeli Gendered Narratives of Dislocation / Ruba Salih. |
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Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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Femmes -- Conditions sociales -- 21e siècle.
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Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect social.
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COVID-19 -- Aspect social.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects
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Women -- Social conditions
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9ppxymcDb8984mKfy |
| Chronological Term |
Since 2000
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| ISBN |
1800737793 (electronic bk.) |
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9781800737792 (electronic bk.) |
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