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SUMMARY:The impact of COVID-19: vulnerability\, women and decision-making in global pandemic
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DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>The impact of COVID-19: </strong><strong>vulnerability\, women and decision-making in global pandemic</strong></p>\n<p>There is strong evidence that the impacts of COVID-19 have deepened existing social-inequalities (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 2020). Already-existing vulnerabilities of women due to economic disruption\, intimate partner violence\, carer responsibilities and restricted health care access were exacerbated in 2020. Scholars considering previous pandemics found that women&rsquo\;s needs go unseen\, unheard and unmet in a crisis response\, because they are not adequately represented in decision-making processes. Including women at higher levels of decision-making around COVID-19 global responses\, it is suggested\,&nbsp\;may ameliorate the destructive impact on women (Wenham et al. 2020).</p>\n<p>This paper argues that it is not enough to simply ensure equal representation at decision-making forums. The 2020 global pandemic has exposed a deeper philosophical problem at the heart of the Western liberal democratic system: the methodological individualism that has shaped an account of autonomy and political agency that ignores the importance of inter-personal relationships. Feminist philosophers reject what they refer to as an &lsquo\;atomistic&rsquo\; nature of the self and the value of autonomy that emerges from this account. They see this account as itself embedded in social relations in which&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;self-sufficiency held up as a neutral model\,&nbsp\;is actually the ideal of the self-sufficient man. This paper considers three theories of feminist &lsquo\;relational autonomy&rsquo\; that includes value commitments and responsibilities such as care of the vulnerable\, that are not only part of individual decision-making choices\, but are also recognised as central in public discourse and consciousness.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>George Duke is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</p>\n<p>Join Zoom Meeting <br> <a href="https://deakin.zoom.us/j/84451828450">https://deakin.zoom.us/j/84451828450</a></p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 844 5182 8450</p>
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