Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women of South Asia

Dear friends,

The impact of Covid-19 on women has been on several fronts across the world. It has exposed the existing inequalities and even to some extent, further deepened them. Women faced a greater risk from the health perspective; it increased their vulnerability to experience exploitation and abuse by their family members. Visible and invisible wounds of exploitation and abuse remain with women throughout their lives. As we stand in the middle of this historic inflection point, our collective response must be equally historic and urgent as far as women are concerned. Keeping this in mind an International Web-Symposium was organized by me in 2020 on “ Impact of COVID–19 Pandemic on Women of South Asia”. 

Now I am in the process of editing papers for that web- symposium. One international publishing house may be interested in considering it for publication. 

The aim of this publication (in the form of a book) is to focus on South Asian women, their issues in general and how the pandemic deepened their pre-existing inequalities and exposed gaps in our systems, amplifying the effects of the pandemic. 

Therefore, I need a few more original Research papers on the following topics to include in the webinar proceedings latest by 30th May 2023: -  

1) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women in India

2) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Bangladesh 

3) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Pakistan 

4) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Afghanistan

5) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Sri Lanka 

6) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Nepal

7) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Maldives

8) Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Women of Bhutan 

With best regards,

Dr Ruma Bhattacharya,

Associate Professor

Dept. of History, Ramthakur College, Agartala, 

Deputed to Sri Aurobindo General Degree College,

Agartala,

Tripura, India