Women and COVID-19

Mariam Seedat-Khan is Professor of Sociology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where she is head of the clinical sociology postgraduate programme. She is also a visiting professor at Taylor’s University, Malaysia, vice president-elect of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) and an executive member of the Clinical Sociology Research Committee (RC46) of the International Sociological Association (ISA). She is an NRF-rated researcher and certified clinical sociologist who explores applied and clinical teaching and learning disabilities. She is the author of Domestic Workers and Socialisation in South Africa (2009) and co-editor of Sociology: A South African Perspective (2016). Johanna O. Zulueta is Professor of Sociology at Toyo University, Japan. She is also a visiting professor at Taylor’s University, Malaysia, and a member of the steering committee of the Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN). Her research explores issues of gender, ethnicity, and immigration in East and Southeast Asia. She is the author of Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases: Invisible Armies (2020), and Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration: From War Brides to Issei (Routledge, 2022), and editor of Thinking Beyond the State: Migration, Integration, and Citizenship in Japan and the Philippines (2018) and co-editor of Japan: Migration and a Multicultural Society (2014).

Introduction 1. Women on The Edge of COVID-19: A Clinical Focus on Family, Work and Community Part 1: Gender Based Violence 2. Intimate Partner Violence in Pandemic Times: The Experiences of Pregnant Women in Ibadan North, Oyo State Nigeria 3. COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence: Experiences of Zimbabwean Flood Victims Part II: Health 4. Autoethnography as a lens to understand Women and COVID-19 Care in South Africa 5. Community Health Workers: A narrative enquiry of experiences about working through COVID-19 in Jharkhand, India 6. The Association of People with Sickle Cell Disease (APEDFI) and Black Women With Sickle Cell Disease In Ilhéus-BA (Brazil) During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Sociological Analysis 7. Filipina Caregivers and Mental Health under COVID-19: Impacts of Transnational Obligations and Precarious Work on Migrant Care Workers in the United States Part III: Work 8. Supermarket Women Cashiers Closing Social Distancing Gaps: The artificial world of affective labour? 9. Lest We Forget the Individual behind the Successful Woman: Chronicles of Indonesian Domestic Helpers in Malaysian Households 10. Deaf Women in Malaysia: The Unspoken Truth About Their Experiences And Challenges Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Part IV: Education 11. Female academics’ career progression and motivation during COVID-19: An African perspective 12. The Impact Of COVID-19 School Policies on Assistant Language Teachers In Japan 13. The Educational Impact Of COVID-19 On Lone Mothers in The Global South Part V: Migration 14. Women’s Memories in Brazilian Pandemic Times: Narratives of Migrants to Reframe Histories 15. Impact of COVID-19 on policy and support services for migrant women experiencing DV in semi-rural areas of the UK 16. At whose cost? Vulnerable female migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) during the COVID-19 crisis in England Part VI: Adversity and Resilience 17. Women Behind Bars in the United States: A Hidden and Vulnerable Population in Pandemic Times 18. "Food or Data" The realities of the Online Teaching transition during COVID-19 in South Africa Part VII: Conclusion: Interventions and Change 19. New Clinical Sociology for a Post-COVID-19 World 20. Reflections on COVID-19: Interventions and Changes