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Covid-19 and female migrants: policy challenges and multiple vulnerabilities.

Dudziro Nhengu
Published in: Comparative migration studies (2022)
To what extent has Covid-19 policy responses exacerbated the already existing multiple vulnerabilities of female migrants in Southern Africa? Using strategic conversations, the paper explores personal experiences of key conversants, to explore how gender blind policy responses to the pandemic have heightened female migrants' socio-economic challenges. The paper recommends gender sensitive and context specific policy responses to mitigate the existing socio-economic challenges.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • coronavirus disease
  • public health
  • sars cov
  • healthcare
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • advance care planning