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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Abdulla, Ghada,; Abirafeh, Lina,; Abou-Habib, Lina,; Abu Al-Asal, Reham,; Abu Jaber, Mayyada,; Al-Ali, Nadje,; Al-Shami, Salma,; Al-Ubaydli, Omar,; Ali, Amina,; Allam, Nermin,; Almoayyed, Deema,; Amoury, Hana,; Bampton, Zach,; Benachir, Rhizlaine,; Buttorff, Gail J,; Chouhoud, Youssef,; El-Abed, Oroub,; Espanioly, Nabila,; Khurma, Merissa,; Moghadam, Valentine M.,; Mourad, Jana G.,; Raïs, Sofia,; Robbins, Michael,; Sadoqi, Ilham,; Salaima, Samah,; Shabaitah, Nuseibah,; Shalabi, Shahira,; Shalaby, Marwa,; Shehadeh, Nahida,; Skulte-Ouaiss, Jennifer,; Stephan, Rita,; Yerkes, Sarah,; Youssef, Maro,
• HerausgeberIn: Stephan, Rita,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

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.

Table of 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