Intensified inequities: Young people's experiences of Covid‐19 and school closures in Uganda. (5th September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Datzberger, Simone; Parkes, Jenny; Bhatia, Amiya; Nagawa, Rehema; Kasidi, Joan Ritar; Musenze, Brian Junior; Naker, Dipak; Devries, Karen
• Is Part Of: Children & society. Volume 37:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 90
• Publication Date: 2022-09-05
• Subjects: Covid‐19 -- education -- inequities -- intersectionality -- Uganda -- young people; Children -- Care and hygiene -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Children -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; 362.70941
• DOI: 10.1111/chso.12627
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0605

Abstract

Abstract: Uganda had the longest period of school closures worldwide as a response measure during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Drawing on longitudinal qualitative data from the Contexts of Violence in Adolescence Cohort Study (CoVAC) (2018–2023), we examine how this has affected the lives of adolescents in Uganda. Our analysis showcases how intersecting inequities based on socioeconomic circumstances, gender and location have intensified, with detrimental effects on young people's educational paths and life circumstances. Strategies that take the intersections of these inequities into account are urgently needed to help the most disadvantaged and marginalized young people return to school.