COVID-19 and its Effects on the Lives and Livelihoods of Congolese Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the City of Cape Town
COVID-19 and its Effects on the Lives and Livelihoods of Congolese Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the City of Cape Town
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COVID-19 及其对开普敦市刚果女性寻求庇护者和难民生活和生计的影响
DOI：
10.14426/ahmr.v7i1.865
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发表时间：
2021
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Ngwi Nnam Thecla Mulu
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作者：
Ngwi Nnam Thecla Mulu
本文探讨了COVID-19大流行对居住在开普敦的刚果女性寻求庇护者和难民的生活和生计的社会经济影响。它是围绕着这样一个假设制定的，即这一妇女群体由于其移民身份、性别、种族和社会阶层而处于多种形式的脆弱性的交叉点。该研究采用了定性方法收集和分析数据。采用半结构化访谈指南，对来自刚果民主共和国的7名女性寻求庇护者和难民进行了一对一的深入访谈。根据女权主义交叉框架，调查结果显示，南非政府为遏制COVID-19传播而实施的遏制措施显著增加了寻求庇护和难民妇女在家庭中的护理角色，同时使有偿工作更加不稳定。我们认为，这些妇女在大流行期间采取的复原力策略各不相同，取决于她们的人口和社会经济地位、教育水平、就业或创业活动的性质以及她们在南非的居留身份。本文的结论是，COVID-19大流行扩大了刚果女性寻求庇护者和难民所经历的现有不平等，并创造了新的不平等，对她们的生活和生计产生了长期影响。
This paper explores the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of Congolese female asylum seekers and refugees living in Cape Town. It is framed around the assumption that this group of women exist at the intersection of multiple forms of vulnerability by virtue of their migrant status, gender, race, and social class. The study adopted a qualitative approach to data collection and analysis. One-onone in-depth interviews were conducted with seven female asylum seekers and refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, using a semi-structured interview guide. Drawing on a feminist intersectional framework, the findings revealed that containment measures imposed by the South African government to curb the spread of COVID-19 significantly increased asylum-seeking and refugee women's care roles in homes, while rendering paid work more precarious. We argue that resilience strategies adopted by these women during the pandemic varied, depending on their demographic and socioeconomic status, educational level, nature of employment or entrepreneurial activity and their residency status in South Africa. This article concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified existing inequalities experienced by female Congolese asylum seekers and refugees and created new ones, with long-term implications for their lives and livelihoods.