From 58adba295348790eb9249a23e45cc61a4c918d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: valerix Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:06:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] !publish! --- content/session/throughafeministlens.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/session/throughafeministlens.md b/content/session/throughafeministlens.md index 78b6b3e..0930897 100644 --- a/content/session/throughafeministlens.md +++ b/content/session/throughafeministlens.md @@ -19,10 +19,25 @@ While routine and non-urgent procedures are being postponed in the areas most af **Source:** - [House Republicans Tried to Capitalize on Coronavirus to Sneak Anti-Abortion Language Into Law](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/house-republicans-tried-to-capitalize-on-coronavirus-to-sneak-anti-abortion-language-into-law/) + Therefore, organising networks that can map which hospitals are guaranteeing access to abortion is becoming a priority. In Italy, a [Telegram Channel](https://t.me/aborto_emergenzaCOVID19) and a 24h hotline (+39 3319634889) were opened by the activist network [Obiezione Respinta](https://obiezionerespinta.info), in order to provide a mapping service (updated daily) and information about hospital and farmacies that guarantee reproductive rights. Another example is this [list](https://consultoriautogestita.wordpress.com/interruzione-di-gravidanza/?fbclid=IwAR10ukV3ac0-nuUDxb3mfPuVIzkWv0q_sb2HFy94I_usnZbiGkP1b6AlRz0) of hopital where is still possile to get an abortion, made by Consultoria Autogestita Transiti in Milan. +**Further Reading:** + +- [Covid-19: What implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights?](http://www.srhm.org/news/covid-19-what-implications-for-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights/?fbclid=IwAR2Y1_udvsk5iJ9BrIyrAL-AgCKoEtROTUU5jgRP-xbiI4xKT-luD44Ats8) +On Friday 27 March 2020, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Journal (SRHM) hosted a webinar on the implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights in the era of Covid-19. Watch the recording [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3qHH83XgE&feature=emb_logo). + + +- [UK: Call from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)](http://bpas.eaction.org.uk/covid2sigs?mc_cid=a1805e1750&mc_eid=69258e7196): +A quarter of bpas clinics have already closed due to staff sickness and isolation, with further closures expected across NHS funded services. In the next 13 weeks as the pandemic reaches its peak, at least 44,000 women will need an Early Medical Abortion, with clinic closures forcing them to travel long distances, spreading COVID-19 and sitting in waiting rooms where social distancing is impossible. + +- [‘Absurd’ rules obstruct abortion access in Italy during COVID-19](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/italy-access-abortion-during-covid/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=OD5050&utm_term=Trackingthebacklash&utm_content=Italyaccessabortioncovid&fbclid=IwAR1CIZMIzoBnkOS4_oBIufioHyS3qLkEAJ8lE6kNqlBnYk2HnrG1uDohMYc) + + + + # Domestic violence Warning: for many, #stayathome is by no means a reassuring invitation. An increase of domestic violence at a time of forced domesticity, something that we can easily imagine, was plentifully in evidence in the first epicenter of the pandemic in China, where [divorces](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/coronavirus-spike-in-divorces-as-fighting-couples-forced-into-isolation-report.html) have been spiking and the hashtag [#AntiDomesticViolenceDuringEpidemic #疫期反家暴#](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51705199) was used over 3,000 times in the last month. @@ -33,10 +48,18 @@ The most significant action to combat domestic violence in these times of forced In this context, it becomes increasingly clear how gender violence is a structural device against which a perspective of systemic transformation must be activated, with initiatives ranging from educational prevention to workplace measures. -**SEE also:** +**Further Readings:** - [Home Is Not A Safe Place For Everyone](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domestic-violence-coronavirus_n_5e6a6ac1c5b6bd8156f3641b) - [Pandemic Inequalities, Pandemic Demands](https://www.weareplanc.org/blog/pandemic-inequalities-pandemic-demands/) by Plan C. + +**Further Resources:** + +[Survival kit for men under pressure](https://www.maenner.ch/fr/corona/) +Three umbrella organizations with expertise in working with boys, men and fathers in Germany (Bundesforum Männer), Austria (Dachverband Männerarbeit Österreich) and Switzerland (männer.ch) published a "Survival kit for men under pressure ”. The document makes recommendations for self-management to help men get through this crisis without using violence. This leaflet is available in +Français, Deutsch, Italiano, English, Español, Português, Türkçe, Kurdî (Kurmancî), Shqip, Srpsko-hrvatski, Al-ʿarabiyya, Fārsī, Tamil, Tigriññā, Somali, Russkiy, Polski, Magyar, Slovenský, Nederlands. (Links from main webpage) + + # Carework Workers who face the greatest health risks during the pandemic are the workers that carry out essential [social reproduction tasks](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/15/business/economy/coronavirus-worker-risk.html), such as cleaners, nurses, homecarers or cashiers. Yet, as feminist critiques explained many times over, these job are often worse off in terms of salary, hardship, precarity and safety conditions. They are also most often performed by women and migrants. @@ -77,6 +100,6 @@ For a broader introduction to the many issues connected with care labour, you ca # Further reading - +- [The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism Pandemics affect men and women differently.](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/) - [Interruzione di gravidanza](https://consultoriautogestita.wordpress.com/interruzione-di-gravidanza/) - [L’emergenza di prendersi cura di noi: risorse online al tempo di Covid-19, by Chayn Italia (ITA)](https://www.che-fare.com/chayn-donne-covid-cura/)