COVID Research: Open Access(CROA)

Wesleyan University-Philippines, College of Arts and Sciences, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Burdened Survival: Rural Filipino Women’s Lived Experiences of Resilience, Gendered Vulnerabilities, and Governance Failure During COVID-19
  Author(s): Jerski Jarzen Cajuigan Duria*, Revelyn Q. Ignacio, Rian Carlo C. Nimenzo, Katherine L. Santiago and Robert V. Bolisay
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic was not a universal experience but a crisis that disproportionately burdened rural women. While resilience has often been framed as empowerment, this study reframes it as burdened survival shaped by governance failure and social inequality. A qualitative phenomenological design was employed, with in-depth interviews conducted among eight rural women. Data were analyzed thematically to capture their lived experiences and coping strategies during the pandemic. Six major themes emerged: (1) economic struggles and pre-existing vulnerabilities, (2) diskarte as a gendered coping mechanism, (3) perceived failures of state governance, (4) community resilience and the spirit of bayanihan, (5) reproductive health and teenage pregnancies, and (6) psychosocial wellbeing under strain. Participants emphasized that their strategies were not empowering choices but compelled resp.. Read More»
  

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