Spring opened in Palma with the opening of a gap for critical thinking from feminisms around artistic practice and cultural production as devices for intervention in socio-political change. Between March 29 and April 14 we could enjoy Feminisms, the other inappropriate, the module dedicated to this issue in the training and research program of the … Read more
We present the dossier “The gender impact of the COVID-19 in data” by the Observatory for Gender Equality, a body attached to the Catalan Institute of Women. This dossier consists of a compilation of statistical data that allow us to draw up an outline of the impact that this pandemic has had on women, in … Read more
We share the invitation and the program of the Information and Debate Conference “Care and Dependency: rebuilding the system” that will take place from April 19 to 27 in Bilbao. The conference will address the issue of care and dependency from different points of view: institutional, political, trade union, labor, social, family. The venues where … Read more
On April 19 ended the film series Household workers to the screen. This is an activity organized by the IVAM and the Valencian Film Archive in the framework of the exhibition In a House. Genealogy of housework and the cures of the illustrator Ana Penyas and the social researcher Alba Herrero. From the viewing of … Read more
The book “Cuidar a mayores y dependientes en tiempos de la COVID-19” recently published by the Tirant lo Blanch publishing house and written by the authors Dolors Comas and Silvia Bofill raises questions such as Why was care for the elderly and dependents relegated during the pandemic? or What happened in nursing homes so that … Read more
On 2 April, the short documentary CUIDANT-NOS premiered at Cineciutat, a small cinema in the city of Palma (Mallorca) that screens independent films in their original version. It is a work carried out by Andiara, a non-profit association in Mallorca that works on the basis of intersectional feminism, interculturality, equality, social inclusion, artistic expression and … Read more
From January 19 to 20, the first COPOLIS R&D project conference was held in Valencia. All the members of the project participated, including the teams from the University of Barcelona, the University of the Balearic Islands, the University of the Basque Country (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea) and the University of Valencia. You can consult the schedule … Read more
I Workshop – Seminar: The social reorganization of care in the Pandemic: Well-being, Community and Gender. Experiences and debates from the Valencian Country. Full Program workshop
The health crisis unleashed by COVID-19 has dramatically revealed that vulnerability and interdependence are the basis of human relationships; highlighting that care -and the effects that this has on who provides it and who receives it- does not depend only on a person, but on the networks in which they participate. Confinement has made it … Read more
The social isolation measures ordered by the governments as a way of dealing with the health issue have disrupted the usual ways of organizing work and have revealed all the pressure that exists on women’s work and the enormous precariousness of multiple situations. At a general level, although both women and men are facing greater … Read more