La pandemia COVID-19 y el rol de las mujeres en la economía del cuidado en América Latina: una revisión sistemática de literatura

Luisa Fernanda Malaver-Fonseca; Lizeth Fernanda Serrano-Cárdenas; Hugo Fernando Castro-Silva

doi:10.18046/j.estger.2021.158.4458

Authors

Luisa Fernanda Malaver-Fonseca Estudiante, Maestría en Administración con énfasis en Innovación Vinculación, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Sogamoso, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9226-9415
Lizeth Fernanda Serrano-Cárdenas Profesor de Tiempo Completo, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5419-3843
Hugo Fernando Castro-Silva Profesor de planta, Programa de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Sogamoso, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6020-402X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2021.158.4458

Keywords:

care economy, unpaid work, women, COVID-19, Latin America

Abstract

The care economy integrates the work done for the care of life and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a dramatic increase in this burden for women, evidencing the importance of researching the issue to mitigate its impact. Considering this need, this article developed a systematic literature review with three purposes: to study research trends on the topic, to analyze the role of women in the care economy in the COVID-19 pandemic, and to establish a future research agenda. The main results show that the pandemic exacerbated existing inequality gaps, affecting women in five particular areas: economic-labor situation, access to technology, healthcare, increased household work, and gender violence.

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