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Refugee women in Africa, COVID-19 and multisystem violence: when it rains it pours
- Source :
- Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, Iss 133, Pp 41-63 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), 2023.
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Abstract
- The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to hit Africa (February–September 2020) was not particularly virulent either in terms of cases detected or lethality. However, the presence of the virus and the subsequent restrictions exacerbated pre-existing inequalities based on ethnicity, class and gender. This paper analyses the impacts of the pandemic on refugee women, who are subject to "structural vulnerability" and "multisystemic violence" in Africa. After analysing the ten African countries with the largest refugee populations, the different forms and levels of these impacts are systematised, along with the consequences and implications for refugee women in the long term, highlighting the need for strategies to be adopted towards this group at various levels.
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 11336595 and 2013035X
- Issue :
- 133
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1fa102bde04446bb9eef9752422b19a7
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2023.133.1.41