ABSTRACT
The advent of coronavirus on the world scene in general and Zimbabwe in particular has challenged communities. By and large, the pandemic has disrupted lives. Its rapid transmission and deadliness called for extra-ordinary responses as a way of containment. Zimbabwe, like the rest of the world imposed a strict lockdown which commenced on 30 March 2020 and has been reviewed fortnightly to different levels. While the intentions of the lockdown were noble, evidence on the ground reveals that it created other problems which brought to the fore the gender power dynamics that defines most African societies. This study, therefore, seeks to find out the effects of the responses to COVID-19 on women. The focus will be on how religion has to a large extent influenced the various experiences that women have gone through during this period. The paper utilizes African Womanist theory as a way of starting constructive conversations on how men and women can negotiate their way through the pandemic as a collective. Data for the paper will be collected through social media (twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp).
