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Evaluating the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on the socioeconomic status of South African women

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2023-03-30

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Rena, Ravinder
Mbukanma, Ifeanyi

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IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies

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This research was conducted to evaluate the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the socioeconomic status of South African women. There is an urgent need for a better understanding of the unique circumstances and provisional assistance of effective support for women throughout the Covid-19 crisis and its aftermath considering the level of impact the virus had on women. To achieve the researchobjective, a literature- based analysis was employed, which provides an in-depth analysis and evaluation of previous literature on the unprecedented nature and trend of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts on the socioeconomic status of women in South Africa. Thus, despite the limited scientific data on the most recent development of the pandemic, the findings revealed that the pandemic has escalated most variables of socioeconomic status of women in South Africa, which include high poverty rates, increased rates of unplanned pregnancy, school drop-out of schoolgirls and child labour among teenage girls, lack of income, decreased financial empowerment, reduced access to conducive healthcare, excessive maternal mortality, and growing food shortages and malnutrition. Thus, as the world continues to search for a reliable vaccine and other preventive measures for the virus, this paper recommended that policymakers and stakeholders around the globe, and most especially in South Africa, should develop coherent and strategic policies that will incorporate and attend to the socioeconomic needs of women.

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COVID-19 pandemic, Socioeconomic status, Women empowerment, Child labour, Teenage girls, South Africa

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Rena, R. and Mbukanma, I. 2023. Evaluating the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on the socioeconomic status of South African women. Ikenga International Journal of Institute of African Studies. 24(1): 1-20. doi:10.53836/ijia/2023/24/1/005

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10.53836/ijia/2023/24/1/005

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