Affective Politics of Care during COVID-19: Feminist Views of Political Discourses and Intersectional Inequalities in Mali
Titelübersetzung:Affektive Politiken der Sorge während COVID-19: Feministische Blickwinkel auf Politische Diskurse und intersektionale Ungleichheiten in Mali
Autor/in:
Hasenöhrl, Syntia
Quelle: Historical Social Research, 46 (2021) 4, S 100-122
Inhalt: Contrary to many African states’ restrictive COVID-19 measures in the first half of 2020, which had severe socio-economic and political effects, the Malian government appeared more moderate in its fight against the pandemic and even introduced social measures to alleviate the effects of COVID-19 (measures). However, increasing anti-government protests still culminated in a military coup in August 2020. In order to shed light on government commu-
nication during that time as one factor in this paradox, this article focuses on the politics of care constructed by the Malian political elite between March and August 2020. The article uses an affective-discursive approach to analyse government communications and contrasts them with a feminist view of associations, NGOs, and activists. It shows that postcolonial, capitalist, and gendered path dependencies have decreased opportunities for care from the
Malian state and increased the intersectional vulnerabilities of Malians to COVID-19 measures. In addition, the article demonstrates how the affective politics of domestic and international care that were maintained through the presidential discourse used securitisation and solidarity to construct subject positions that, however, incorporate rather than challenge the aforementioned inequalities.
Schlagwörter:Mali; Mali; Pflege; caregiving; Fürsorge; welfare care; soziale Ungleichheit; social inequality; Intersektionalität; intersectionality; Gesundheitspolitik; health policy; Sozialpolitik; social policy; Westafrika; West Africa; affect; care; political discourse; affective politics; COVID-19; power relations; pandemic
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Gesundheitspolitik
Long-term care and gender equality: fuzzy-set ideal types of care regimes in Europe
Autor/in:
Bartha, Attila; Zentai, Violetta
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 8 (2020) 4, S 92-102
Inhalt: Recent changes in the organization of long-term care have had controversial effects on gender inequality in Europe. In response to the challenges of ageing populations, almost all countries have adopted reform measures to secure the increasing resource needs for care, to ensure care services by different providers, to regulate the quality of services, and overall to recalibrate the work-life balance for men and women. These reforms are embedded in different family ideals of intergenerational ties and dependencies, divisions of responsibilities between state, market, family, and community actors, and backed by wider societal support to families to care for their elderly and disabled members. This article disentangles the different components of the notion of ‘(de)familialization’ which has become a crucial concept of care scholarship. We use a fuzzy-set ideal type analysis to investigate care policies and work-family reconciliation policies shaping long-term care regimes. We are making steps to reveal aggregate gender equality impacts of intermingling policy dynamics and also to relate the analysis to migrant care work effects. The results are explained in a four-pronged ideal type scheme to which European countries belong. While only Nordic and some West European continental countries are close to the double earner, supported carer ideal type, positive outliers prove that transformative gender relations in care can be construed not only in the richest and most generous welfare countries in Europe.
Schlagwörter:Europa; Europe; Pflege; caregiving; Familie; family; gender; Gleichheit; equality; Migrant; migrant; care regimes; familialization; fuzzy set ideal type analysis; long-term care
SSOAR Kategorie:Gesundheitspolitik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Maternity Care: ein 'heißes' Thema der Politik - kein Thema der (feministischen) Politikwissenschaft? Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einem vernachlässigten Politikfeld
Titelübersetzung:Maternity care: a 'hot' topic in politics - a non-topic in (feminist) political science? Conceptual considerations about a neglected policy area
Autor/in:
Jung, Tina
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 26 (2017) 2, S 33-46
Inhalt: "Seit Anfang der 2010er-Jahre sind Schwangerschaft und Geburt zu einem 'heißen' Thema der Politik geworden. Wichtige gesundheitspolitische Akteur_innen auf Länder- und auf Bundesebene haben sich u.a. mit der Versorgung mit Hebammenhilfe, der Schließung von Kreißsälen und den steigenden Kaiserschnittraten beschäftigt. Auch sind eine Reihe zivilgesellschaftlicher Protestaktionen und politischer Initiativen entstanden, die überwiegend von Praktiker_innen sowie jungen Müttern und Eltern getragen werden. Obwohl die politischen Auseinandersetzungen im Feld Schwangerschaft und Geburt in substanzieller Weise auch Fragen von Frauengesundheits- und Selbstbestimmungsrechten betreffen, sind sie bislang kaum Gegenstand feministischer Politikwissenschaft. Im Beitrag wird ein konzeptioneller Vorschlag formuliert, wie Maternity Care - verstanden als Ensemble aller leiblichen, sozialen, psychologischen, medizinisch-technischen, beziehungsorientierten Fürsorge- und Beziehungsarbeiten, die Frauen rund um Schwangerschaft, Geburt und der Zeit danach betreffen - als spezifisches, nicht zuletzt wohlfahrtsstaatlich reguliertes Politikfeld in den Gegenstandsbereich der (feministischen) Politikwissenschaft integriert werden kann." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Since the beginning of this decade pregnancy and childbirth have become a 'hot topic' in German politics. Health care officials have increasingly been concerned with issues regarding midwifery services, the closures of delivery rooms, and the rising number of C-sections. This growing political concern has been accompanied by many political protests and civil society initiatives, mainly supported by women's health practitioners and young mothers and parents. Even though these political discussions on maternity care revolve around crucial issues of women's (health) rights and self-determination, feminist political science has not yet systematically taken them into account. I propose an analytic framework to understand maternity care as bodily, social, psychological, medical, technical, and relationship-oriented care that is relevant for women during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. As such, maternity care can and indeed has to be integrated into the subject matter of (feminist) political science." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Schwangerschaft; pregnancy; Geburt; birth; Selbstbestimmung; self-determination; Fürsorge; welfare care; Hebamme; midwife; Gesundheitsversorgung; health care; Geburtshilfe; obstetrics; Geschlechterverhältnis; gender relations; Federal Republic of Germany
SSOAR Kategorie:Gesundheitspolitik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Quelle: Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health, 3 (2016) 4, S 8-21
Inhalt: Migrant adolescent girls in India’s fast-growing urban-slum population face multiple intersecting vulnerabilities,
including gender, poverty and migrant-status.
The study aims to understand the opportunities and challenges for migrant adolescent girls in low-income urban
slum settings.
Qualitative data were collected through interviews with girls aged 12-19 who migrated during the past two years
and non-migrant adolescent girls for comparison to explore their experiences in fast-growing Indore. A groupinterview with slum women’s group members discussedways to address challenges.
Push/pull factors linked with different employment/educational opportunities between rural and urban areas
motivated families of unmarried girls to migrate. Recently married girls joined city-based families or accompanied
husbands who were labor migrants. Neither married nor unmarried girls played decision-making roles in
migration.
Married migrant adolescent girls faced challenges in accessing education, employment, social opportunities and
services owing to restrictions on freedom of movement, weak social networks, and little awareness of
opportunities and services. Childbearing migrant girls faced particular risks. Contact with their natal families being
limited, the quality of relationship with husbands and marital families was crucial for married girls’well-being.
Unmarried girls attending schools were positive about the migration experience, perceiving the city to offer
greater educational opportunities. Through school, they accessed opportunities for new relationships and social
activities. Not all unmarried adolescent-girls wereable to access opportunities owing to family restrictions and
economic circumstances. These girls’ worlds remained small despite moving to a large city.
Where girls’ economic and/or family and social circumstances allowed, migration entailed a positive change that
enhanced their opportunities. Specific challenges of this population segment need focus in policies and programs,
prioritizing three particularly vulnerable groups: girls who are neither in education nor employment, pregnant
girls or new mothers, and those with difficult relationships in marital homes. Proactive outreach to raise awareness about opportunities and services and fostering social networks through front-line workers and slum women’s groups are recommended.
Schlagwörter:labor migration; Indien; soziales Netzwerk; adolescence; Schwangerschaft; slum; Familiensituation; pregnancy; Migrant; Arbeitsmigration; sozioökonomische Faktoren; large city; Adoleszenz; Jugendlicher; Großstadt; social inequality; Südasien; Slum; poverty; adolescent; migrant; Armut; health care; girl; marriage immigration; social network; Gesundheitsversorgung; Mädchen; socioeconomic factors; exclusion; Entwicklungsland; South Asia; Exklusion; India; family situation; soziale Ungleichheit; Heiratsmigration; developing country; married girls; internal migration; SDGs; women's groups
SSOAR Kategorie:Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Gesundheitspolitik, Migration
Herausforderungen und Potentiale geschlechtsspezifischer Gesundheitsversorgung: 3. Bundeskongress Gender-Gesundheit vom 21. bis 22. Mai 2015 in der Landesvertretung Baden-Württemberg, Berlin
Titelübersetzung:Challenges and Potentials of Gender-Specific Health Care: Third Federal Congress Gender Health, 21/22 May 2015, Representation of Baden-Württemberg to the Federation, Berlin
Autor/in:
Hendrix, Ulla; Hilgemann, Meike; Niegel, Jennifer
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 7 (2015) 3, S 143-148
Inhalt: Der dritte Bundeskongress Gender-Gesundheit fand im Mai 2015 in Berlin statt. Das Schwerpunktthema der diesjährigen Tagung lautete "Gender und Diabetes". Auf dem Kongress wurde die Notwendigkeit einer geschlechterunterscheidenden Betrachtung der Medizin hervorgehoben und es wurden praktische und politische Implikationen für eine bessere medizinische Versorgung diskutiert.
Inhalt: The Third Federal Congress Gender Health was held in Berlin in May 2015. The main top ic of the conference was "Gender and Diabetes". The congress highlighted the gender-differentiated perspective on medicine and discussed practical and political implications for better medical care.
Culture and indigenous women's health: integrative review
Titelübersetzung:A cultura e a saúde da mulher indígena: revisão integrativa
Autor/in:
Silva, Hetiani Barretta da; Diaz, Claudia Maria Gabert; Silva, Kauana Flores da
Quelle: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 4, S 3175-3184
Inhalt: Objective: To investigate the reality of health of women and indigenous Guarani people and Kaingáng, bringing reflections on public health policies aimed at the indigenous community and the inclusion of nursing in this context. Method: This is an integrative review conducted in the period from March to July 2010. Results: The studies bring that access to health of indigenous people is still limited, that health actions should consider their culture and other characteristics and the professionals involved in this process need to create links with this population so that actions are effective. Conclusion: it was found the need for a broader and more qualified attention to indigenous mainly to women's health and also noticed the dearth of research on the topic.
Schlagwörter:Kultur; culture; woman; Gesundheit; health; indigene Völker; indigenous peoples; Gesundheitspolitik; health policy; Pflege; caregiving; Gesundheitsdienst; public health services
SSOAR Kategorie:Medizinsoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Gesundheitspolitik
Patterns of changes in men's health from demographic indicators and epidemiologic
Titelübersetzung:Patrones de cambios en la salud de los hombres de indicadores demográfica y epidemiológica
Autor/in:
Santos, Vanessa Cruz; Santos, Mayra Gomes; Vilela, Alba Benemérita Alves; Nery, Adriana Alves; Casotti, Cezar Augusto; Boery, Eduardo Nagib
Quelle: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 2, S 2569-2581
Inhalt: Objective: to analyze patterns of change on human health in the period 2006 to 2010 through demographic and epidemiological indicators. Method: an epidemiological study, descriptive subsidized on data from the Department of Computer Science of SUS (DATASUS) of the Ministry of Health, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Integrated System of Penitentiary Information, in the period 2006 to 2010. For the tables and data analysis tools developed by DATASUS were used - TabWin and TabNet, besides the program Microsoft Office Excel 2007. Results: among the indicators of morbidity and mortality, the result from external causes in all kinds were growing in the studied years and higher in males population compared to female. Conclusion: the health problems most prevalent in the male population are preventable, then, health education can contribute in changing the behavioral and cultural profile of this population, which has negative consequences to their health.
Schlagwörter:Gesundheit; health; Epidemiologie; epidemiology; demographische Faktoren; demographic factors; Gesundheitspolitik; health policy; gender; woman; Mann; man; Vergleich; comparison; Sterblichkeit; mortality; Krankheit; illness; Gesundheitserziehung; health education; Gesundheitsverhalten; health behavior; kulturelle Faktoren; cultural factors
SSOAR Kategorie:Jugendsoziologie, Soziologie der Kindheit, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Gesundheitspolitik
Rezension: Sebastian Scheele, 2010: Geschlecht, Gesundheit, Gouvernementalität. Selbstverhältnisse und Geschlechterwissen in der Männergesundheitsförderung
Autor/in:
Tischer, Ulrike
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 4 (2012) 2, S 174-176
Schlagwörter:Gouvernementalität; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Gesundheit; governmentality; health care; Mann; Gesundheitsförderung; Männlichkeit; gender-specific factors; man; health behavior; health promotion; health; masculinity
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Medizinsoziologie, Gesundheitspolitik
Vom Recht auf Stillen zur Pflicht der Mutter: Elemente eines globalen Stilldiskurses
Titelübersetzung:From a women’s right to a mother’s duty: Elements of a global breastfeeding discourse
Autor/in:
Freudenschuß, Ina
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 4 (2012) 3, S 138-145
Inhalt: "Im Beitrag wird die historische Entwicklung
des gegenwärtigen globalen Stilldiskurses
dargestellt. Zentrales Merkmal dieser Diskurs-
Formation innerhalb der letzten 40 Jahre ist
die Verschiebung des Stillens aus dem privaten
Bereich der Mutter in die öffentliche
Sphäre der Gesundheitsförderung. Grundlage
dieser Untersuchung sind ausgewählte Policy-
Dokumente der internationalen Gesundheitsorganisation
WHO sowie der EU, die
den Diskurs über das Stillen im Wesentlichen
regulieren. Durch die Festsetzung von Stillen
als „normal“ und „natürlich“ sind Mütter
zahlreichen problematischen Fremdbeschreibungen
ausgesetzt, die ihre Entscheidungsund
Handlungsfähigkeit beschneiden. Der
Beitrag zeigt die Fallstricke dieser versteckten
Re-Biologisierung der Mutterrolle für aktuelle
Debatten um moderne Elternschaft auf." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "This paper outlines the historical development
of the current global breastfeeding
discourse. Within the last 40 years the discourse
formation has moved the question
of breastfeeding from the private domain of
the mother into the public sphere of health
promotion. This article examines several
WHO and EU policy documents that regulate
discourse on breastfeeding in public. Mothers
face several harmful imputations based
on the fact that breastfeeding is pictured as
“normal” and “natural”: Most importantly,
they restrict women’s decision-making ability
and capacity to act. This article exposes the
pitfalls of this hidden re-biologization of the
mother’s role for contemporary debates on
modern parenthood." (author's abstract)