Written by Sena Arıboğa Nowadays, the world is fighting against a big pandemic: COVID-19. Because it is a pandemic, many precautions are taken all around the world. The precautions’ target is to keep people away from public sphere and crowded places and make them stay in their safe and private sphere as much as possibleContinue reading “Another Kind of Zoom Fatigue: Manterrupting in Remote Meetings”
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“being honest with myself” as a young student
Written by Aishe Lici Someone once said, “Everything happens for a reason.” I’m not sure who it was, or what inspired them to say it, but I suppose on some point, it’s true. If that is the case, it begs the question: Why are we going through the global nightmare of the Coronavirus outbreak? IContinue reading ““being honest with myself” as a young student”
Be the Voice Inside the House
Written by Melis Naz Çay Since we first heard that a deadly virus is spreading all around the world, we all went to our homes and had to make some changes in our lives to keep up with this situation. So, what will happen to those who cannot adapt to this situation? On the otherContinue reading “Be the Voice Inside the House”
“Disease of White People” COVID-19 in Senegal
Written by Ndeye Mbacke Oulare As everyone already knows, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus that has never been identified in humans before. “Senegal is no longer immune to coronavirus,” said our President Macky Sall when Dakar (the capital) has just registered his first case. The possibility ofContinue reading ““Disease of White People” COVID-19 in Senegal”
Our New Heroes
Written by Melis Konakçı On May 6th, 2020, the street artist Banksy posted a sketch on his Instagram, the picture depicted small child playing with a female nurse wearing a cape while in the background there were well-known heroes such as Batman and Spiderman in the trash can. Throughout the pandemic, the same discourse wasContinue reading “Our New Heroes”
Mask 19
Written by Melis Konakçı The whole world is facing an extreme period, a pandemic is taking a grip on our lives, limiting our social relationships, education, and our economy. In such an extreme time, everybody is holding onto the news to get information, to make sense of these testing times. As you might already knowContinue reading “Mask 19”
LGBTQI+ Community in Self Isolation
Written by Mısra Gündeş Corona virus, like any other virus effects people equally. If there is no serious health concern in sight, people all around the world are at the same risk of catching the virus, despite their gender, race, ethnicity and lifestyle. The most important caution you can take is to self-isolate. But unfortunately,Continue reading “LGBTQI+ Community in Self Isolation”
Unpaid Care work during Corona Outbreak
Developing a gender sensitive perspective about coronavirus consists of addressing multiple dimensions. One of them is related to unpaid care work. Unpaid Care Work is especially pressing in the context of lockdown due to pandemic. The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) divides UCW into three parts: Domestic work within the household, caregiving work to householdContinue reading “Unpaid Care work during Corona Outbreak”
Welcome to the Gendering Coronavirus Outbreak,
Since you are on this page, you have some concerns and thought about the diverse effects on the gender aspect of the pandemic. As we all know and experience in our everyday life, the Coronavirus is first and foremost is a public health problem. It effects and threatens health and lives of millions of peopleContinue reading “Welcome to the Gendering Coronavirus Outbreak,”
Gendering the Corona Outbreak 