“They Do Not Perceive Us as People”: Women with Disabilities’ Access to Key Social Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Zimbabwean Case Study

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Human Rights and Social Work Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI:10.1007/s41134-023-00284-x

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Abstract

This study sought to discover how women with disabilities (WWDs) fared at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to access to key social services. Fieldwork was conducted in April 2022 among 104 women in three low-income areas of Caledonia, Epworth, and Hatcliffe within Harare Metropolitan Province. The key social services studied are information, water, health, education, and protection from gender-based violence (GBV). The study utilises the structural violence and social suffering theoretical lenses to analyse the institutionalised marginalisation of women with disabilities in relation to access to basic social services during the COVID-19 era. Findings reveal that the pandemic amplified the marginalisation, inequities, exclusion, and challenges confronted by persons with disabilities (PWDs) in general and, specifically, gender and social class inequalities faced by poor women in the Zimbabwean society. The intersection of vulnerabilities arising from gender, social class, disabilities, and the pandemic itself created insurmountable challenges for WWDs. Resolving these challenges is important to creating an inclusive environment for WWDs to thrive. The government, local authorities, and NGOs need to mainstream disability issues in service provision regardless of whether or not there is a pandemic.

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"他们不把我们当人看"：残疾妇女在 COVID-19 大流行期间获得关键社会服务的情况：津巴布韦案例研究

摘要本研究旨在了解残疾妇女（WWDs）在 COVID-19 大流行时如何获得关键的社会服务。2022 年 4 月，在哈拉雷都市省的 Caledonia、Epworth 和 Hatcliffe 三个低收入地区对 104 名妇女进行了实地调查。所研究的关键社会服务包括信息、水、健康、教育和防止性别暴力 (GBV)。本研究利用结构性暴力和社会苦难的理论视角，分析了 COVID-19 期间残疾妇女在获得基本社会服务方面被制度化边缘化的情况。研究结果表明，大流行病加剧了残疾人（PWDs）普遍面临的边缘化、不平等、排斥和挑战，特别是津巴布韦社会中贫困妇女面临的性别和社会阶层不平等。由性别、社会阶层、残疾和大流行病本身造成的脆弱性交织在一起，给世界残疾妇女带来了难以克服的挑战。解决这些挑战对于为世界妇女参与发展创造一个包容性的环境非常重要。无论是否发生大流行，政府、地方当局和非政府组织都需要将残疾问题纳入服务提供的主流。

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Journal of Human Rights and Social Work SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： This journal offers an outlet for articles that support social work as a human rights profession. It brings together knowledge about addressing human rights in practice, research, policy, and advocacy as well as teaching about human rights from around the globe. Articles explore the history of social work as a human rights profession; familiarize participants on how to advance human rights using the human rights documents from the United Nations; present the types of monitoring and assessment that takes place internationally and within the U.S.; demonstrate rights-based practice approaches and techniques; and facilitate discussion of the implications of human rights tools and the framework for social work practice.