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Human and social sciences

Ma. Diosa Labiste , 

Pinky Serafica , 

Diana Mendoza , 

Chi Laigo-Vallido

Covid-19 Journals

This collection of women’s stories represents a little more than a year of living under the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It joins the growing literature and publications of stories that document the lives of women and their communities drained by the pandemic. The stories function as a logbook of the various stages of lockdown, starting with mothers selling vegetables and cooked food in their neighborhood and ending with a minutely detailed account of receiving a vaccine. Eighteen writers present the experiences, events, and facts they encountered.

Ma. Diosa Labiste is an associate professor in the journalism department of the University of the Philippines Diliman. A former community journalist, she is one of the editors of Women Writing Women.