Cuidar a mayores y dependientes en tiempos de la COVID-19 – a book by Dolors Comas and Silvia Bofill

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

Women who sustain life

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

2023

Els equips de RESCUPAN presentaran els primeros resultats de l’investigació en diferents congressos nacionals i internacionals.    6th Transforming Care Conference a Sheffield. 26-28 de juny de 2023. The University of Sheffield, UK  8è Congrés Català Internacional de Sociologia “Construint Equitat i Futurs Sostenibles”. 12-14 de juliol de 2023. Universitat de Barcelona. IX REPS: Crisis … Read more

First Workshop RESCUPAN

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

The role of community networks and social solidarity: social reorganization of care during pandemics

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

Gender inequalities and pandemic

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

Social inequalities and pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting and exacerbating already existing gender and economic inequalities caused by a patriarchal and capitalist system. For this reason, an analytical framework is essential that allows progress in analyzes that take into account those factors that are working synergistically: the care crisis with the health crisis and poverty. In this sense, … Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic

In this framework, the health crisis caused by the expansion of COVID-19 highlights the consequences that the commodification of the public sphere has on life; the market as the regulatory axis of human relations; and showing the relevance and weakness of the social organization of care. In three months, COVID-19 put on the agenda what … Read more

Well-being and care

The studies locate the Spanish welfare model in the Mediterranean model, recognized for its universalism (pensions, health and education) but also for its high component of welfare, for a weak network of social services and for a high degree of familism (especially in the field of social services). The importance of the role of the … Read more