Gender

Covid-19 and the Caring of the Working Class: A View from the UK
Mike Haynes

Social Isolation is also Dangerous: The Increasing Loneliness of Turkish Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Merve Celtikci
Why do women bear the greatest costs of social isolation? In Turkey, the “stay home” lockdown measures have reinforced gender norms while also cutting off women from social networks, both strong (family and close friends) and weak (neighbors, coworkers) ties.

Care, Covid 19 and Domestic Work in Latin America: An Opportunity for Recognition
Tallulah Lines and Jean Grugel

Social oppression, emotional labour and collective care
Pankhuri Agarwal
Resisting social hierarchies and their borders that structure space is no easy work. Besides the possibility of threat and arrest, it takes an emotional and mental toll. In the current political climate, how can we continue to resist social oppression?

Nanny Solidarity Now: The Nanny Regulation Movement as Racialized Class War
Veronica Deutsch
The regulation movement is led entirely by white British women, yet migrant workers make up at least 47% of the sector. These groups benefit from implicitly racist and classist structures by centering themselves as the “qualified” option.
March to September: A Father’s Story
Abuajela Elatrsh and Benjamin Morgan

A Bonding Stitch: In Honour of the Seamstresses of Toronto
Norin Taj
During the initial weeks of the pandemic, as the world was coping with looming anxieties and uncertain futures, many women, in their homes and communities, sewed hundreds of face masks to keep their communities safe. This poem, in Urdu and English, is for these unsung heroes.
Exit
Ryan Service

Our Covid – One Trinbagonian’s Rituals of Caution and Recognitions of Worth
Anonymous
Solidarity, Care and Despair
Robyn Fawcett
Mental Health and Quarantine: An Excerpt from my Journal
Cecilia Bath

Altered Routines, Diminished Solidarity and Invisibility: The Experience of Live-in ‘Child Nurses’ During the Pandemic
Deepali Aparajita Dungdung
None of these women have left their workspaces since the pandemic began. Normally they would travel to meet their friends on the non-working Sundays. Unfortunately, the pandemic has ceased the Sunday gatherings, curtailing further these women’s opportunity for solidarity.

VIRAL CARE: Spectacles of Care as a Substitute for Domestic Workers’ Rights
Simiran Lalvani and Sanjana Santosh
This analysis of comedic content posted on social media during the pandemic examines employer's expressions of gratitude towards working class domestic workers in India, and asks how it might translate in terms of providing job security, salary and working conditions.
The Struggle of Phd Mothers During Covid-19: A View from Singapore
Anonymous

Social Welfare Strike: A Call to Action from the Academy
Semassa Boko

SELF-ISOLATING / SELF-PORTRAITS
Daniel Monk

Una breve introducción a CUIDAR: Estudio sobre tiempos, formas, y espacios de cuidado en casa durante la pandemia
Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Maria-Alejandra Energici, Nicolas Schongut-Grollmus, Samanta Alarcon Arcos

CUIDAR means CARE : A study about times, forms, and spaces of care within the household during the pandemic
Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Maria-Alejandra Energici, Nicolas Schongut-Grollmus, Samanta Alarcon Arcos

COVID-19: An Illustrated Journal
Iulia Pascu

Nannies in Lockdown: Virtue, Power, and the Value of Women’s Work
Veronica Deutsch
Despite their perceived lack of value, during the Coronavirus pandemic nannies are being framed as an essential and urgent service. If these nannies and their ‘unskilled’ labour are an economic necessity, perhaps fair remuneration for hazardous work shouldn’t be off the table.