EXACERBATING GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 CATACLYSM IN INDIA ANALYZING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON GENDER EQUALITY IN INDIA. 0 0

Abstract

The hands that rock the cradle, the hands that serve the dishes, are the same hands that bear excruciating barbarity all over the world. One of the essential Sustainable Development goals is to "ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN," which seems to be a fantasy as we enter a new decade. As the pandemic hit the domain, we have been unclasped to a new regular, which has secluded the concerns of vulnerable sections of the society. This research scrutinizes the impact of the COVID-19 microcosm as a shadow pandemic for women in the form of increased household burden, intimate partner crimes, sexual assaults, and domestic violence. An inductive qualitative methodology has been used in this exploratory research, with primary and secondary sources as instruments of data collection. The primary data collected by an online survey of 214 intellectuals from different professional and regional backgrounds showcased that the consequences of COVID-19 are so far-ranging that it is developing into a SILENT pandemic, which needs to be confronted as soon as possible. This research calls for tackling women-related issues exacerbated due to the pandemic and keeping the victims as the prime center for COVID-19 revival policies.