Work-life balance and women's health in times of COVID-19
Keywords:
COVID-19, conciliation, working life, family life, health, pandemicAbstract
Introduction: COVID-19 imposes challenges on contemporary society and one of them is the reconciliation of work-family life. By converging in the same space work and family, women, fundamentally, have faced situations of stress and overload that hinder the work-family balance and their health.
Objective: Systematize knowledge about the reconciliation of work-family life and women's health in times of COVID-19.
Methods: A bibliographic and documentary review was carried out in the period between January and October 2020. For the selection of the publications, the following criteria were taken into account, being linked to the themes of gender, work-life balance and health related to COVID-19, accessible through the Internet. Documents were retrieved in Spanish and English as the main language of the edition and in full text.
Conclusions: The reconciliation of work life - family life of women becomes more difficult in times of COVID-19 due to the overload in health work and essential services, the closure of educational centers and the transfer of productive work to the domestic space. The deterioration of women's health in times of COVID-19 is the response to society's allocation of domestic and care roles. In addition, they are on the front line of the fight against the disease, both in health services and in the care of patients at home because of the new coronavirus, which also makes them more vulnerable to infection. Confinement increases violence against women and girls, chronic stress, as well as affecting their physical and mental health.
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