Covid-19 and gender equality

Abstract

The study analyzes the gender impact of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus and the response given in spanish law analyzed from a gender perspective. For this, a triple approach is made: (1) the consequences of the disease on people’s health; (2) the consequences of confinement and agreed measures to combat the disease; (3) the social, labor and economic consequences derived from the disease and / or the measures to combat it. Two conclusions are reached: one, the pandemic puts at risk the level of gender equality achieved previously; and another, but it is also an opportunity for improvement if the public powers introduce the gender perspective at the heart of reconstruction