Human rights and education for Gambian young women during COVID-19: Recommendations for social policy and practice

Wisuwat Wannamakok; Oumie Sissokho; Trevor G Gates

doi:10.1177/0020872820952860

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Human rights and education for Gambian young women during COVID-19: Recommendations for social policy and practice

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Human rights and education for Gambian young women during COVID-19: Recommendations for social policy and practice

Wisuwat Wannamakok, Oumie Sissokho and Trevor G Gates

International Social Work, Vol.63(6), pp.825-829

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820952860

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COVID-19

education

Gambia

girls

human rights

young women

UniSC Diversity Area - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

COVID-19 is not only a global health disaster but a full-fledged social, economic, and political crisis that could disrupt the gains made in women’s education and empowerment. In The Gambia, issues of unequal access to educational resources determined by gender, geographical location, and social class; a disproportionate burden of household chores imposed on women and girls; and economic pressures have the potential to expose girls to more violence, exclusion, and abuse. In this article, we use a human rights framework, as conceptualized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), and discuss increases in educational inequality that young women in a poor, conservative, and patriarchal society will face during the COVID-19 pandemic. We propose solutions to mitigate these issues through social protection policies and practices that can ensure the right to education for the most vulnerable and marginalized.

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Title: Human rights and education for Gambian young women during COVID-19: Recommendations for social policy and practice
Authors: Wisuwat Wannamakok (Author) - Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Oumie Sissokho (Author) - University of Reading
Trevor G Gates (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Social Sciences - Legacy
Publication details: International Social Work, Vol.63(6), pp.825-829
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1177/0020872820952860
ISSN: 1461-7234
Organisation Unit: School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Social Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99482300102621
Output Type: Journal article

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