Putting on Intersectional Glasses: Listening to the Voice of the Vulnerable
- Resource Type
- Zeitschriftenartikel
journal article
- Authors
- Subasi Singh, Seyda
- Source
- Social Inclusion, 11, 1, 92-101, Disability and Social Inclusion: Lessons From the Pandemic
- Subject
- Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Social problems and services
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
immigrant
pandemic
Covid-19
soziale Probleme
Migration
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Social Problems
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Behinderung
Gender
Einwanderung
Intersektionalität
Vulnerabilität
Frau
Migrationshintergrund
Marginalität
Türke
Österreich
Unterdrückung
soziale Ungleichheit
Epidemie
disability
gender
immigration
intersectionality
vulnerability
migration
woman
migration background
marginality
Turk
Austria
oppression
social inequality
epidemic
- Language
- ISSN
- 2183-2803
Many share the concern that the Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on the vulnerable who are already disproportionately at risk of social exclusion. The health-related risks that the pandemic entailed and the challenges that resulted from the associated measures have led to new vulnerabilities for specific groups such as persons with disabilities, persons from a (forced) migrant background, and women/girls. This article will discuss the complexity of the multiple vulnerabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic by relying on data collected from immigrant women with disabilities. To this end, data from two women with disabilities who are members of the historically marginalized Turkish immigrant group in Austria were analyzed with regard to their experiences during the pandemic. Their accounts are analyzed from an intersectional perspective in order to document the effects of peri-post-pandemic measures on the lives of people with multiple disadvantages. The interviews and audio diaries by two immigrant women with disabilities recorded over seven months are used to delve into latent oppression structures and overlapping mechanisms of difficulties embedded in their experiences. The findings show how the multiple identities and struggles of the two women were affected during the pandemic by building upon each other.