Essencials i oblidades. El treball domèstic i l’impacte de les respostes polítiques durant la pandèmia de COVID-19 a Espanya i Itàlia

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Els resultats del projecte europeu RESISTIRÉ mostren que la pandèmia i les polítiques adoptades per contenir el virus han reforçat les desigualtats de gènere preexistents i s’ha entrat en una «espiral de desigualtats creixents» (Axelsson et al., 2021: 110). L’àmbit de les cures és una part clau d’aquesta espiral i ha estat el centre dels debats i d’algunes de les respostes polítiques al COVID-19. No obstant això, en la seva major part, les intervencions polítiques en l’àmbit de les cures s’han centrat principalment en l’equilibri entre la vida laboral i familiar i s’han oblidat de l’impacte de les polítiques relacionades amb la salut en les treballadores domèstiques, un sector molt feminitzat i racialitzat. No obstant això, aquestes treballadores s’han vist dramàticament afectades per la pandèmia i per les respostes polítiques no sols en termes d’exposició al contagi, sinó també en termes d’exacerbació de desigualtats preexistents i entrecreuades. A més, aquelles polítiques que van abordar el sector domèstic sovint van reproduir estereotips de gènere sobre la naturalesa del treball de cures i van reforçar supòsits racistes sobre la migració. En aquest article es comparen les polítiques sobre treballadores domèstiques promulgades durant la pandèmia a Itàlia i Espanya, il·lustratives de la forma en què les polítiques públiques contribueixen a la discriminació de gènere i racial d’aquest grup de treballadores. Basant-se en la metodologia de Bacchi, l’article tracta de desplegar i problematitzar les representacions i suposicions implícites relacionades amb el treball de cures, i les jerarquies de gènere i racials que les sustenten.

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cura, treball domèstic, desigualtat de gènere , COVID-19, interseccionalitat

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Biografies de l'autor/a

Laia Tarragona, Universidad de Deusto

Laia Tarragona té un perfil versàtil, amb àmplia experiència en gestió de projectes de recerca i en diferents àrees de recerca. Des de 2016 fins a 2022 va treballar en la Universitat de Deusto com a assistent de recerca i gestora de projectes en diferents projectes europeus com *RESISTIRÉ i *GEARING ROLS. Laia també ha treballat com a consultora independent en l'àmbit del discurs d'odi en línia i les estratègies de contra-discurs, sent una de les fundadores de l'Observatori *PROXI. En 2013 va ser convidada als Estats Units sota els auspicis del *International *Visitor *Leadership *Program (*IVLP) del Departament d'Estat. Laia és llicenciada en Dret per la Universitat Pompeu Fabra i Màster en Relacions Internacionals pel *IBEI (*Institut Barcelona d'*Estudis *Internacionals) (2010-1011). Abans del seu màster, va treballar com a advocada associada en un bufet internacional. Els seus interessos inclouen les desigualtats, la migració i el gènere. Actualment treballa com a gestora de projectes de recerca en *CIDOB.

Elena Ghidoni, Universidad de Deusto

Elena Ghidoni és investigadora postdoctoral a l'Institut de Drets Humans de la Universitat de Deusto i actualment treballa en el projecte H2020 sobre desigualtats de gènere i polítiques COVID-19. És doctora en Drets Humans per la mateixa universitat i llicenciada en Dret per la Universitat de Brescia. Els seus principals interessos de recerca són la teoria jurídica feminista, la legislació contra la discriminació, la legislació sobre drets humans i la igualtat de gènere.

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