Open AccessDonne, famiglie e pandemia. Tra vecchie e nuove discriminazioni al femminile
Author(s) -
Francesca Dello Preite
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rivista italiana di educazione familiare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2037-1861
pISSN - 1973-638X
DOI - 10.36253/rief-10629
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , poverty , pandemic , covid-19 , welfare , economic growth , sociology , political science , geography , gender studies , development economics , socioeconomics , medicine , economics , law , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
2020 will be remembered as the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2: a virus that suddenly spread worldwide affecting the health and the life of millions of people of all ages and putting a strain on welfare, economic, scientific and politic structures of all the Nations that have tried to respond to the multiple needs of their populations facing many obstacles and difficulties. Starting from a reflection about the new poverty lines that coronavirus produced in family context, this paper analyses the biggest difficulties that women faced during the “confinement” at home, when the housework and the children care multiplied, both in qualitative and in quantitative viewpoint, and gender violence registered an alarming increase. What happened in these months is a evident confirmation that women are still vulnerable people, and that the way to reach a significant gender equality is still fraught with obstacles.