Covid‑19, religious liberty and state overreach: Experiences from Zimbabwe

Sibanda, Fortune; Humbe, Bernard Pindukai

doi:10.52779/9781991201911/01

Law, Religion, Health and Healing in Africa 2022

DOI: 10.52779/9781991201911/01

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Covid‑19, religious liberty and state overreach: Experiences from Zimbabwe

Fortune Sibanda¹,

Bernard Pindukai Humbe²

Abstract: The law is a spider's web; only the little insects get caught in it.

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Behind the ‘bruised male ego’ – negotiating women ‘pressures’ in the homes during COVID-19 lockdowns: Congolese and Zimbabwean men in focus

Mukole,

Mwandayi

2024

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the experiences of lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus led to a range of negative impacts on the mental health of human societies globally. Our societies were characterized by deteriorating mental health, high levels of stress as well as a sharp rise in abusive cases. In most cases of abuse, men have been fingered as culprits behind it all given the eroding of their male ego. Faced with the reality of their inability to provide, most males were stressed up and vented out their frustration on those near them, who in most cases were the vulnerable women and children. While it is indubitably true that women and children have been the most affected groups due to the lockdowns, this has resulted in the neglect of men themselves. In as much as studies have confirmed the violent attitude developed by most men towards women and children in homes during COVID-19 lockdowns, this paper argues that men were also victims in a number of cases due to the pressures coming from women and children to keep providing something on the table despite being barred from attending to their informal/formal jobs due to the imposed COVID-19 restrictions. This paper takes cognizance of the neglect of voices sympathizing with males in the narratives, thus, we argue that behind the ‘bruised male ego’ there is found a woman, hence the woman needs to be talked to as well instead of just seeing her as a victim of abuse in all the cases. The discussion in this paper is largely based on desktop research. This paper sympathizes with the neglected male voices during COVID-19 lockdowns, invites men to voice out their struggles for the wellbeing of their mental health, and invites African society to rethink some of the attributes given to men that condemn them to suffering in the name of masculinity.

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Behind the ‘bruised male ego’ – negotiating women ‘pressures’ in the homes during COVID-19 lockdowns: Congolese and Zimbabwean men in focus

Mukole,

Mwandayi

2024

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The COVID-19 pandemic, Women and Mental Health in Zimbabwe: A Gender-Based Violence perspective

Muyambo

2024

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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that engulfed the world from 2019 to date has not only exposed the failure by national governments to decisively deal with the pandemic, it has also posed serious questions about the intersections of COVID-19, women and mental health issues in Africa. It appears as if previous epidemics such as HIV and AIDS and Ebola, just to mention a few, have not fully equipped people on how to deal with emergencies such as the COVID-19 crisis. This article is an attempt to unravel the tumultuous terrain that characterise the impact of COVID-19 on women’s mental health in Zimbabwe. It draws from lessons learnt through the COVID-19 experiences across all the sectors of human life. Adopting a narrative methodological approach, the study explored the impact of COVID-19 on people’s (particularly women’s) mental health. Using the biopsychosocial model of mental health as the prism through which issues at hand are dissected, the article argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is taking advantage of the faulty lines that exist on issues about women, gender and religion to expose women to major mental health challenges. The study also found out that men, too, were victims of GBV as the ‘stay-at-home’ decree emasculated them of their ‘man ego’ normally expressed by providing for the family.

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Covid‑19, religious liberty and state overreach: Experiences from Zimbabwe

Abstract: The law is a spider's web; only the little insects get caught in it.

Cited by 2 publications

References 2 publications

Behind the ‘bruised male ego’ – negotiating women ‘pressures’ in the homes during COVID-19 lockdowns: Congolese and Zimbabwean men in focus

Behind the ‘bruised male ego’ – negotiating women ‘pressures’ in the homes during COVID-19 lockdowns: Congolese and Zimbabwean men in focus

The COVID-19 pandemic, Women and Mental Health in Zimbabwe: A Gender-Based Violence perspective

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