The Girl in the Pandemic: Transnational Perspectives

As Seen In Previous Pandemics, Girls And Young Women Are Particularly Vulnerable As Social Issues Such As Homelessness, Mental Healthcare, Access To Education, And Child Labor Are Often Exacerbated. The Girl In The Pandemic Considers What Academics, Community Activists, And Those Working In Local, National, And Global Ngos Are Learning About The Lives Of Girls And Young Women During Pandemics. Drawing From A Range Of Responses During The Pandemic Including First Person Narratives, Community Ethnographies, And Participatory Action Research, This Collection Offers A Picture Of How The Covid-19 Pandemic Played Out In Eight Different Countries-- List Of Illustrations -- Introduction: The Girl In The Pandemic Claudia Mitchell And Ann Smith Section One-reflections -- Chapter 1. Five Lessons From Past Ebola Epidemics For Today's Covid-19 Pandemic Nidhi Kapur -- Chapter 2. How Build Meaningful Bonds With Poor Young Women? State Interventions During The Lockdown In Argentina Ana Cecilia Gaitan -- Chapter 3. What It All Means: Young Rural Women Confronting Covid-19 Nokukhanya Ngcobo, Zinhle Nkosi, And Ayub Sheik Section Two-continuing Education -- Chapter 4. Women Teachers Support Girls During The Covid-19 School Closures In Uganda Christine Apiot Okudi -- Chapter 5. Experiencing Care: Young Women's Response To Covid-19 Crises In Poland Anna Bednarczyk, Zuzanna Kapciak, Kinga Madejczak, Alicja Sedzikowska, Natalia Witek, And Faustyna Zdziarska -- Chapter 6. Covid-19: Education And Wellbeing Of Female Agriculture Students In Ethiopia Hannah Pugh, Eleni Negash, Frehiwot Tesfaye, And Madalyn Nielsen -- Chapter 7. Exploring The Psycho-social Experiences Of Women Undergraduates In Delhi During Covid-19 Pandemic Richa Rana, Poonam Yadav, And Shreya Sandhu Section Three-vulnerabilities -- Chapter 8. Lockdown And Violence Against Women And Children: Insights From Hospital Based Crisis Intervention Centers Anupriya Singh, Sangeeta Rege, Anagha Pradhan -- Chapter 9. Covid-19, Migrant Workers, And Marginalized Communities In India: Child Marriage On The Increase Gayatri Sharma And Ayesha Khaliq -- Chapter 10. The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Child Domestic Workers In Ethiopia Annabel Erulkar, Welela Tarekegne, And Eyasu Hailu -- Chapter 11. The New Normal For Young Transgender Women In Thailand: Unspoken Gender-based Violence In The Time Of Covid-19 Rapeepun Jommaroeng, Sara Hair, Cheera Thongkrajai, Kath Kangbipoon, And Suda Bootchadee. Edited By Claudia Mitchell, Ann Smith. Funded By Knowledge Unlatched