Description

Book Synopsis
A comprehensive study of the gendered economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword. The Response to COVID—and to Everything—Is Female (Lina AbiRafeh)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Why Is COVID Female? (Rita Stephan)
  • Part I. Care and Care Work Spheres
    • Chapter 1. COVID-19, Women, and Healthcare (Valentine M. Moghadam)
    • Chapter 2. COVID-19: A Threat to Lebanese Women’s Precarious Condition (Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss and Jana G. Mourad)
    • Chapter 3. The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Prosperity in the Gulf Countries: Survey Evidence from Bahrain (Omar Al-Ubaydli, Deema Almoayyed, and Ghada Abdulla)
    • Chapter 4. When Inequalities Interconnect: Women Scholars’ Productivity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa (Nermin Allam, Gail J. Buttorff, and Marwa Shalaby)
  • Part II. Social Vulnerabilities
    • Chapter 5. The LGBTIQ+ Community’s COVID Dilemma in Lebanon and Beyond (Lina Abou-Habib and Amina Ali)
    • Chapter 6. The Gendered Impact of the Pandemic on Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan (Oroub El-Abed and Nuseibah Shabaitah)
    • Chapter 7. Violence against Women during and after Lockdown (Rhizlaine Benachir and Sofia Raïs)
    • Chapter 8. Gender Dynamics and Distance Education: Toward a Situational-Interactionist Model of the COVID-19 Contingency Effect on Female University Students in Morocco (Ilham Sadoqi)
  • 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 Health: A Typology (Rita Stephan)
    • Chapter 10. Women’s Rights and Roles during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Salma Al-Shami, Michael Robbins, and Zach Bampton)
    • Chapter 11. Unmasking Masculinity during COVID in the Middle East and North Africa (Merissa Khurma, Youssef Chouhoud, and Rita Stephan)
  • Part IV. Feminist Responses
    • Chapter 12. COVID-19 and Feminism in the Middle East: Challenges, Initiatives, and Dilemmas (Nadje Al-Ali)
    • Chapter 13. The Power of Bipartisan Mobilization: The Success of Tunisia’s Feminist Movement during the Coronavirus Pandemic (Maro Youssef and Sarah Yerkes)
    • Chapter 14. Harmony of Feminine and Masculine Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan (Mayyada Abu Jaber)
    • Chapter 15. The Feminist Position: Corona Crisis Management and Its Impact on Palestinian Women (Reham Abu Al-Asal, Nabila Espenoli, Samah Salaima, Nahda Shehadeh, Shahira Shalabi, and Hana Amouri)
  • Contributors
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 21/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9781477326527, 978-1477326527
      ISBN10: 1477326529
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A comprehensive study of the gendered economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword. The Response to COVID—and to Everything—Is Female (Lina AbiRafeh)
      • Acknowledgments
      • Abbreviations
      • Introduction. Why Is COVID Female? (Rita Stephan)
      • Part I. Care and Care Work Spheres
        • Chapter 1. COVID-19, Women, and Healthcare (Valentine M. Moghadam)
        • Chapter 2. COVID-19: A Threat to Lebanese Women’s Precarious Condition (Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss and Jana G. Mourad)
        • Chapter 3. The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Prosperity in the Gulf Countries: Survey Evidence from Bahrain (Omar Al-Ubaydli, Deema Almoayyed, and Ghada Abdulla)
        • Chapter 4. When Inequalities Interconnect: Women Scholars’ Productivity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa (Nermin Allam, Gail J. Buttorff, and Marwa Shalaby)
      • Part II. Social Vulnerabilities
        • Chapter 5. The LGBTIQ+ Community’s COVID Dilemma in Lebanon and Beyond (Lina Abou-Habib and Amina Ali)
        • Chapter 6. The Gendered Impact of the Pandemic on Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan (Oroub El-Abed and Nuseibah Shabaitah)
        • Chapter 7. Violence against Women during and after Lockdown (Rhizlaine Benachir and Sofia Raïs)
        • Chapter 8. Gender Dynamics and Distance Education: Toward a Situational-Interactionist Model of the COVID-19 Contingency Effect on Female University Students in Morocco (Ilham Sadoqi)
      • 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 Health: A Typology (Rita Stephan)
        • Chapter 10. Women’s Rights and Roles during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Salma Al-Shami, Michael Robbins, and Zach Bampton)
        • Chapter 11. Unmasking Masculinity during COVID in the Middle East and North Africa (Merissa Khurma, Youssef Chouhoud, and Rita Stephan)
      • Part IV. Feminist Responses
        • Chapter 12. COVID-19 and Feminism in the Middle East: Challenges, Initiatives, and Dilemmas (Nadje Al-Ali)
        • Chapter 13. The Power of Bipartisan Mobilization: The Success of Tunisia’s Feminist Movement during the Coronavirus Pandemic (Maro Youssef and Sarah Yerkes)
        • Chapter 14. Harmony of Feminine and Masculine Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan (Mayyada Abu Jaber)
        • Chapter 15. The Feminist Position: Corona Crisis Management and Its Impact on Palestinian Women (Reham Abu Al-Asal, Nabila Espenoli, Samah Salaima, Nahda Shehadeh, Shahira Shalabi, and Hana Amouri)
      • Contributors
      • Index

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