Disruptions,adjustments and hopes: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child well-being in five Majority World Countries |
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| Authors: | Sadiyya Haffejee Panos Vostanis Michelle O'Reilly Effie Law Seyda Eruyar Julianna Fleury Sajida Hassan Elijah Getanda |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa;2. School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK;3. Department of Computer Science, Durham University, Durham, UK;4. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey;5. Movimento Saber Lidar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;6. Child and Adolescent Development Programme CADP, Karachi, Pakistan;7. Friendly Action Network, Nakuru, Kenya |
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| Abstract: | Drawing on integrated data from focus groups and diary entries, we explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child well-being for children from five Majority World Countries. We focus on the disruptions the pandemic caused, the adjustments made in response to these, and children's vision of a post-pandemic world. Underlying children's experiences of loss, boredom and concerns about educational progress, was an awareness of systemic inequalities that disadvantaged them or others in their community. Findings have implications on capturing children's voices through introspective and dialogical approaches that transcend cultures and for the development of preventive and responsive interventions during crises. |
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| Keywords: | child well-being COVID-19 majority world countries resilience |
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