Reseña

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments in the Latin American region have made decisions that suddenly and profoundly affected everyday life and human relationships. Practically all aspects of life in society were altered, sometimes in extremely negative ways. Two years after the declaration of the health emergency, recovery in many areas is still a distant goal; in others, governments generally show no intention of reversing the setbacks and deteriorations that have occurred.
Teaching and care work fall into this latter condition, even though these are activities that were most affected by the pandemic. It cannot be ignored that both are highly feminized areas, a fact that facilitates their devaluation despite being essential to the reproduction of life and society.
In 2021, Education International Latin America published a study carried out by CEFEMINA entitled Sostener el futuro: educar y cuidar sin recursos ni apoyo (Sustaining the future: Educating and providing care without resources or support).
This was an exploratory study with the objective: “To determine the impact of the pandemic and the measures adopted by governments in this context on unionized women teachers in El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil” (EILA, 2021).
Based on the findings and conclusions of this study, EILA commissioned CEFEMINA to carry out a new investigation deepening the focus on certain aspects with the following general objective: To determine the measures taken in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that have increased the precariousness of the working conditions of women teachers and have impacted on the crisis of care in Honduras,
El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.