Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Feminist Activism Confronts COVID-19eVen the most CommItted of femInIsts may see the current global health crisis as insurmountable.1 The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bareand exacerbated -deep-seated and interlocking inequalities.Women and gender non-conforming people, particularly those without class and ethno-racial privilege, are affected in gender-specific ways. 2 Women are on the frontline of the care response as healthcare workers as well as unpaid community and family caregivers.3 Stay-at-home measures heighten the risks of gender-based violence as they lock women and gender non-conforming people behind closed doors with their potential
Source: Feminist Studies
Authors: Constanza Tabbush, Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4206094841