Reflections on time use and care economy in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic

 

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Auteur: Sánchez Hernández, Carolina
Formaat: texto
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2022
Omschrijving:Introduction: This article reflects on the way the health, economic, and social crisis caused by Covid-19 has worsened the existing inequalities between men and women in relation to time use and care economy. Objective: Its purpose is to analyze the elements that unleashed this setback and explore the possibilities of containing and reversing it from public policies’ management and the collective organization. Method: A documentary review and descriptive analysis are proposed, considering the panorama prior to the pandemic about this issue, the data, and its effects on households’ dynamics. Results: The findings show the risk that women's time will continue to be exploited even more by State and market policies which still do not do enough to place the care crisis as the focus of the social recovery priorities. Likewise, some dimensions are proposed to consider encouraging collective participation in the visibility and redistribution of these tasks. [Continue reading in the article]
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Taal:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/45699
Online toegang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/article/view/45699
Keyword:Differential socialization
Inequality
Public policies
Redistribution
Collective organization
Socialización diferencial
Desigualdad
Políticas públicas
Redistribución
Organización colectiva