@article{1441051,
      recid = {1441051},
      author = {George, Irene, and Kuruvilla, Moly,},
      title = {Gendered experiences of COVID-19 in India /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This edited volume critically reflects on the ways in  which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and continues to  affect women in India. Drawing on a range of qualitative  and quantitative research, contributors analyze the  implications of the pandemic on the informal sector,  migrant women workers, women in the health care sector,  womens economic engagement, the experiences of elderly  women, mental health care, higher education, and more.  Chapters also consider what gender-responsive policies are  needed to ensure womens equal rights, representation, and  participation in society during and after the COVID-19  pandemic. This timely and relevant volume situates India  within the larger global context of conversations around  economic, social and political consequences of the pandemic  upon gender inequalities This book will be of interest to  scholars, students, and policy makers in the fields of  Sociology, Gender Studies, and Public and Social Policy.  Irene George is an adjunct faculty at the Emirates  Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, UAE. and  coeditor of the Handbook of Research on Gender  Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment. She presents and  publishes widely on gender issues. Moly Kuruvilla is the  Founding Director and Professor at Department of Womens  Studies, University of Calicut, Kerala, India and advisor  to the Asian-African Association for Women, Gender and  Sexuality (AAAWGS). She is also coeditor of the Handbook of  Research on Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment (IGI  Global, California).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1441051},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85335-8},
}