The impacts of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine (with a particular focus on internally displaced Persons with Disabilities)

最近对2019冠状病毒病对乌克兰社会经济状况影响的全面评估（2020年9月）证实了“2019冠状病毒病对乌克兰的破坏性影响”（联合国乌克兰2020），包括对乌克兰东部受冲突影响的人口（500万）和长期国内流离失所者（150万）的不成比例的影响。截至2020年9月，在150万境内流离失所者中，有51，412人正式登记为残疾人（同上）。联合国移民局的最新报告（2019：4）指出，在国内流离失所者的社会经济状况不断恶化的情况下，与没有残疾人的家庭相比，有残疾人的家庭（截至2019年9月占所有国内流离失所者家庭的12%）更有可能依赖“压力策略”和“危机策略”作为生存手段。拟议的研究将对冠状病毒大流行对乌克兰国内流离失所的PDW的多方面影响进行深入的定性评估。我们将以参与和解放的方式与残疾人（包括长期处于国内流离失所状况的残疾人）以及国家和区域两级的主要利益攸关方（包括政府机构、由残疾人领导和/或与残疾人一起工作的国际、国家和区域非政府组织）一起进行研究和合作。鉴于评估疫情影响的紧迫性以及社交距离措施和旅行限制所带来的限制，该项目将依靠定性研究方法（与残疾人士领导/合作的社区组织代表共同设计），以调查COVID-19对（流离失所）、残疾、性别和年龄等交叉不平等的影响。我们将与乌克兰超过100个由残疾人士领导/与残疾人士合作的组织进行在线调查，记录组织对疫情影响的独特看法，以及他们对包容性复苏潜在策略的看法。为了记录这一流行病对境内流离失所残疾人日常生活的影响，我们将对来自乌克兰境内流离失所者人数最多的10个地区的300名残疾人和/或其护理人员进行电话/视频会议调查。这将辅之以一个由残疾人在8周内记录的书面和/或音频/视频日记系统，以了解大流行对其日常生活的破坏性影响，以及可能迫切需要采取哪些政策和实际干预措施来应对。拟议的研究方案使我们能够汇集受流离失所影响的残疾人和“实地”援助他们的人的各种观点和意见，以确定在这一流行病背景下提供支助服务方面存在的差距，同时注意其性别层面。在此过程中，该项目将为那些经常被排除在关于福祉、流离失所和人道主义/发展援助的公开辩论之外的群体提供表达意见的机会该项目将在多学科背景下利用一套独特的技能和专门知识，（残疾研究、移徙研究、社会学、社会政策、福祉、人口学）、多伙伴（三个学术机构，一个伞式非政府组织代表近120个与残疾人合作或由残疾人领导的组织）和多国（乌克兰和联合王国）研究项目。它将为特定受众（研究参与者、政策制定者、学术受众、公众）提供一系列产出，它将为乌克兰项目合作伙伴（包括ECRs）开发新的研究能力做出重大贡献，并将产生一套遗产材料（在线存储库和方法工具包）。

The recent comprehensive assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic situation in Ukraine (September 2020) confirms the 'devastating impact of COVID-19 in Ukraine' (UN Ukraine 2020), including a disproportionate impact on the conflict-affected population in eastern Ukraine (5 million) and those in the situation of protracted internal displacement (1.5 million). Among the 1.5 million IDPs, 51,412 were officially registered as having a disability as of September 2020 (ibid.) The most recent report by UN Migration (2019:4) identified that households with PWDs (comprising 12% of all IDP households as of September 2019) were more likely to rely on 'stress strategies' and 'crisis strategies' as a means of survival amid the deteriorating socio-economic situation of IDPs compared to households without PWDs.The proposed research will provide an in-depth qualitative assessment of the multifaceted impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on internally displaced PDWs in Ukraine. We will research and work together, in a participatory and emancipatory manner, with people with disabilities (including those in the situation of protracted internal displacement) and with key stakeholders at the national and regional levels (including government agencies, international, national and regional NGOs led by and/or working with people with disabilities). Recognising the urgency in assessing the impact of the pandemic and the limitations imposed by social distancing measures and travel restrictions, the project will rely on a combination of qualitative research methods (co-designed with the representatives of community organisations led by/working with people with disabilities) to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the intersecting inequalities of (dis)location, disability, gender and age. We will engage with more than one hundred organisations led by/working with PWDs in Ukraine by setting up an online survey to record unique organisational perspectives on the impact of the pandemic and their views on potential strategies for inclusive recovery. To document the impact of the pandemic on the daily lives of internally displaced PWDs, we will undertake a telephone/video-conferencing survey of 300 persons with disabilities and/or their carers from 10 regions of the Ukraine, which host the largest number of internally displaced people. This will be complemented by a system of written and/or audio/video diaries recorded by PWDs over the period of 8 weeks to understand the disrupting impact of the pandemic on their daily lives, and which policy and practical interventions may be urgently required in response. The proposed research programme we enable us to assemble a mosaic of views and opinions of PWDs affected by displacement and those assisting them 'on the ground' to identify existing gaps in the provision of support services within the context of the pandemic, paying attention to its gender dimension. In doing so, the project will provide opportunities for groups to be heard who are often excluded from public debates about wellbeing, displacement and humanitarian/development assistance (particularly those who are the targets of these policies).The project will draw on a unique set of skills and expertise within the context of a multi-disciplinary (disability studies, migration studies, sociology, social policy, wellbeing, demography), multi-partner (three academic institutions, one umbrella NGO representing almost 120 organisations working with/led by PWDs) and multi-country (Ukraine and the UK) research project. It will deliver a range of outputs for specific audiences (research participants, policy-makers, academic audiences, general public), it will make a significant contribution towards developing new research competencies of project partners in Ukraine (including ECRs), and will generate a set of legacy materials (an online repository and a methodological toolkit).