Overview
- Offers a new body of knowledge on Covid-19 and its effects on African women’s contributions to the achievement of SDGs
- Explores critical policy recommendations to mitigate the gendered impacts of Covid-19
- Written predominantly by African scholars and offers interdisciplinary perspectives across a range of issues
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book describes the political, social, and economic connections between gender and the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors offer innovative ideas for recovery that will build a more prosperous, healthy, equitable, and sustainable future for African women and girls, targets identified under Goal 5 (Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment) of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals slated to be achieved by 2030. Within this context, authors identify issues related to the protection of women and girls from poverty, hunger, and gender-based violence; improved healthcare and healthcare workforce experiences; girl-child education; financial inclusion; and entrepreneurship opportunities for women in fintech, tourism, and information, communication and technology (ICT). The book concludes with a discussion of economic empowerment for women that focuses on normalising the ‘un-normal’ outcome of the pandemic.
The book will be of value to policymakers, non-profit organisations, practitioners, and scholars who understand the importance of gender equality and women empowerment in the African continent.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ogechi Adeola is an Associate Professor of Marketing and the Head of Department of Operations, Marketing and Information Systems at the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Her multi-dimensional research focuses on the advancement of knowledge across the intersection of marketing, tourism and gender studies. She is the founder of Digital Business Tutelage for Women Empowerment in Africa Initiative.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gendered Perspectives on Covid-19 Recovery in Africa
Book Subtitle: Towards Sustainable Development
Editors: Ogechi Adeola
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88152-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88151-1Published: 04 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88154-2Published: 05 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88152-8Published: 03 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 334
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gender Studies, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, Politics and Gender