Covid-19 and the intersectional consequences for women with disabilities

Niro Kandasamy, Binendri Perera, Karen Soldatic

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Abstract

In this chapter, we contribute to the growing body of scholarly work that seeks to identify and document the particular experiences of persons with disability, by tracing and explaining the social and cultural impacts of Covid-19 on ethnic minority women with disabilities in rural and former conflict areas of Sri Lanka. At the initial time of writing in late June 2020, there are 1,951 confirmed cases and 11 deaths in Sri Lanka.1 In what follows, we expand on the material and social implications of Covid-19 government restrictions in Sri Lanka and provide two case studies of women with disabilities to demonstrate its effects on ethno-religious minority communities. This includes a Tamil woman living with congenital and war-acquired disabilities and a Muslim woman living with a physical impairment. To understand the effects of the public health response, however, we first turn to the nature of political unrest in Sri Lanka that continues to leave minority groups in a position of vulnerability, fear, and uncertainty.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPandemic of Perspectives: Creative Re-imaginings
EditorsRimple Mehta, Sandal Thakur, Debaroti Chakraborty
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages197-205
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781003320524
ISBN (Print)9781032020907
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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