Tenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

Pandemics affect men and women differently. The present corona virus pandemic has had adverse impact on the lives of women across the globe and in India, which necessitates the need to foster awareness of the main issues that affect the lives of women. For instance - the surge in the number of domestic violence cases against women amidst the lockdown in India. In the chaos resulting from the crisis and the disruption caused to social and family protection, vulnerability of all women increases in terms of personal security. And what is important to note is that the violence which a woman encounters at home, the perpetrator is none other than the husband or close relatives. In this paper I attempt to analyze how the disproportionate impact of the crisis on women can be reduced by analyzing the causes of domestic violence and its consequences on women, and what role can women in leadership, decision making in response to the pandemic play to anticipate the crisis that women are facing. This study is crucial because it puts forth a new perspective that a pandemic should not end the constitutional rights of women but rather act as an opportunity to reduce the inequalities between men and women.