Coronavirus and pre-existing inequalities: Gender and Care

Karina Batthyány, Zobeyda Cepeda y Manuel Espinel Vallejo

The Notebook “Coronavirus and Pre-existing Inequalities: Gender and Care”, published by FES Caribe with support from the CLACSO Working Group on International Health and Health Sovereignty, includes articles that are the result of the presentations given by Manuel Espinel in the discussion “Coronavirus and South-South International Health: The Case of the Dominican Republic”; those of Zobeyda Cepeda and Karina Batthyány arise from the discussion “Coronavirus and Pre-existing Inequalities: Gender and Care”.

In its introduction, the Notebook defines:

In the context of the social, economic and health crisis in which we find ourselves as a consequence of Covid 19, Results It is essential to make visible the differentiated ways in which This situation affects women and men, especially in Republic Dominican Republic, where the data describes a country with high levels of inequality and precariousness, which affects on all to women, Dominicans of Haitian descent and migrants, with a greater emphasis on Haitian migrants.

In the midst of an exceptional context, in which there is a widespread call for social distancing and to stay home at home, without questioning the differentiated conditions in which Both groups may or may not accept these calls, the Gender, class, and ethnic-racial inequalities are deepening much more, because:

1. The men are at home. In the country, in the last For years we have had an unrecognized national emergency, with the issue of gender violence. Among the Between 2005 and 2015, 1295 women were murdered by the Simply for being women. 2019 ended with 65 femicides. which is the lowest rate in recent years.

2. Not everyone has "housing" with conditions to accommodate them. 46% of households in the Dominican Republic do not have Access to drinking water inside the home. 44.9% of households receive water service from 2 to 3 days a week, and from households with service drinking water, 30.7% receive -on average- less 5 hours, on the days they receive it.

3. The absence of comprehensive care policies by the Dominican State, which ends up placing all the responsibilities for work on women. paid or unpaid care.

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