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This chapter uses the theological concept of sanctuary in order to unpack the assumptions of the “stay at home” approach. This is partly aimed at analyzing why from the beginning, this was a flawed patriarchal top-bottom strategy that forfeited the experiences of the vulnerable masses. It uses the statistical evidence of data collected on vulnerability to gender-based violence, loss of means of livelihood, and loss of life by the caregivers on the poverty lines. As its theoretic framework, this chapter uses ethics of care as a relational and context-bound analysis that helps interpret the data on vulnerability to affirm why lockdown was problematic as a strategy of safety, especially to girls.
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The identification of the components of ethics of care was part of my research during the Harvard Divinity School’s visiting scholarship in 2016.
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Mbano Moyo, F.L. (2023). Lockdown and Sexual Exploitation. In: Kaunda, C.J. (eds) World Christianity and Covid-19. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12570-6_10
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