The Girl in the Pandemic

Claudia Mitchell is a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Faculty of Education, McGill University where she is the director of the Institute for Human Development and Well-being and the founder and director of the Participatory Cultures Lab. She is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning journal Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.   

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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 Gaitán



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 Sędzikowska, 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