Open AccessInvisible Childhoods: Mexican Children Facing the COVID Pandemic
Author(s) -
Yolanda Corona Caraveo,
Carlos Pérez Zavala,
Sergio Navarro-Montalvo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the canadian journal of children's rights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-7512
DOI - 10.22215/cjcr.v8i1.3149
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , perspective (graphical) , political science , sociology , economic growth , criminology , development economics , medicine , economics , virology , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , outbreak , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This essay provides a brief introduction to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on children and adolescents in Mexico. It argues that children have been left behind and made invisible in the actions taken by governments to counteract the contagion. This article also analyzes what has happened as a result of changes regarding confinement, play, the use of streets and public spaces and educational institutions – from a children´s rights perspective. The results of several studies that have been carried out in our country are mentioned, ending with some recommendations regarding recognition of the important place children hold in our society.