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Navigating uncertainty, employment and women’s safety during COVID‐19: Reflections of sexual assault resistance educators
Author(s) -
Janse van Rensburg Margaret,
Smith Holly
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/gwao.12508
Subject(s) - sexual assault , covid-19 , resistance (ecology) , criminology , psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , medicine , virology , ecology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , outbreak
COVID‐19 affects women in ways unique to the impacts of structural inequalities related to gender, sexuality, disability, race and socioeconomic status. In this article, we reflect on our own experiences of the pandemic, as feminist students, workers and sexual assault resistance educators located in a Canadian post‐secondary setting. Situating ourselves within feminist responses to sexual violence prevention, as facilitators of the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, and Act (EAAA) sexual assault resistance education programme for university women, we reflect on the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on our work as EAAA facilitators in our Canadian university. We explore the theoretical possibilities that critical disability theory and queer theory present to the EAAA programme, and argue that incorporating concepts from these frameworks will complement the goals of the EAAA programme and improve inclusivity of queer, trans and disabled participants. We conclude with a look into the future by anticipating the impacts of COVID‐19 on our future work.