The global COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and restrictions have had uneven impacts on populations and have deepened many pre-existing inequalities along lines of race, ethnicity, class, gender. Refugees have been shown to be particularly negatively impacted in many countries, with existing structures of violence and insecurity worsened by the immediate consequences of the pandemic through policy responses which largely ignore their needs whether by excluding them from targeted COVID-19 mitigation measures, or by imposing restrictions which directly impact on their well-being. Our research with refugee women in Durban, South Africa, illustrates the ways in which COVID-19 has exacerbated their insecurities and intensified structural violence which renders them vulnerable. More importantly, it seems that the impacts of COVID-19 are not just short term but will deepen the violence and insecurities experienced by these women in the longer term if these are not addressed by government and relevant NGOs and civil society organizations.

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评估 COVID-19 对南非女性难民的影响

全球 COVID-19 大流行以及随后的封锁和限制对人口产生了不均衡的影响，并加深了许多先前存在的种族、民族、阶级、性别不平等。事实证明，难民在许多国家受到的负面影响尤其严重，现有的暴力和不安全结构因大流行的直接后果而恶化，这些政策反应在很大程度上忽略了他们的需求，无论是将他们排除在有针对性的 COVID-19 缓解措施之外，还是通过施加直接影响他们福祉的限制。我们在南非德班对难民妇女的研究表明，COVID-19 加剧了她们的不安全感并加剧了结构性暴力，从而使她们变得脆弱。更重要的是，