The impacts of Covid-19 on the women heading their households in Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID3607963
AuthorsFatemeh Sefidgarbaei (0000-0002-9563-0130, Shahid Beheshti University, corresponding author), Fardin Mansouri (0000-0003-2176-5099, Kharazmi University)
Year2022
Volume31
Issue6
Pages742-754
Publication date2022-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2022.2044294
OpenAlexW4214704198
LanguageEN
References cited16

Iran was one of the first countries to be impacted by COVID-19, facing many challenges during this period. The pandemic has had significant effects on many aspects of women’s lives, particularly those who head their households, and this article examines the shift in some of these lives through interview data. The paper is anchored in the feminization of poverty theory. Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 28 women who were heads of their households in Tehran, themes were extracted through thematic analysis. The research results indicate that job insecurity, problems with housing, sexual harassment, lack of a sense of happiness, and mental anxieties are the most substantial impacts of COVID-19 on these Iranian women

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Happiness · Harassment · Pandemic · Political science · Poverty · Qualitative research · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Thematic analysis · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology