Gender inequality in the 2014 Ebola Crisis and Human Security

Masterarbeit , 2017 , 43 Seiten

Politik - Thema: Frieden und Konflikte, Sicherheit

The purpose of this research is to examine how the 2014 Ebola crisis affected women in West Africa from a human security perspective. The goal is to articulate how gender inequality has aggravated the spread of the Ebola virus diseases due to the unequal position held by women stemming from a patriarchal doctrine ingrained in Western African communities’ cultures, governmental administrative incapability, and economic and social inequality.

Gender inequality, which is deep-rooted in the culture of the Western African society, played a tremendous role in the spread of the disease resulting in more cases and deaths of the Ebola Virus diseases to the women population compared to male. It thus created a human security breach where women were exposed to insecurities. Gender inequality was the resultant effect from gender differences that paved the way for insecurities.

Upon examination of the Ebola crisis in West Africa, it became clear that women were the most affected segments of the society in West Africa particularly in the three most hit countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Through showing the cruelty of cultural doctrine and gender inequality that have made the women population insecure, this research highlights the importance of gender and cultural equality along with better policy to protect women’s rights and to raise public awareness concerning harmful culture and devouring virus like Ebola in West Africa.

Contents

Abstract

Research Proposal

Literature Review
1. Gender disparity and infectious diseases
2. Infectious diseases and Human Security
3. Feminism and Infectious diseases through the lenses of the Ebola virus

Research Methodology

Data Analysis

Limitations (weaknesses) of the research design

Strengths in this proposed study

Discussion
1. From Gender perspective
1.1. Time Poverty as a contributing factor
1.2. Carrying Roles
1.3. When Culture is the enemy
2. A Human Security Perspective
2.1. How fear aggravated the Ebola Expansion among the women population
2.2. Government failure

Conclusion

References

• Autor: Wasihun S. Gutema (Autor:in)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
• Seiten: 43
• Katalognummer: V368125
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668486256
• ISBN (Buch): 9783668486263
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schlagworte: Ebola, Ebola virus, disease, feminism, care, role, human security, gender, inequality