Repercussões da pandemia Covid-19 para as mulheres: uma análise midiática

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic created socioeconomic, cultural, political, health and gender repercussions for all population groups, however, women were most affected by the devastating effects of the crisis. In this context, the media played a relevant role both in sharing information and in influencing the adoption of health protection and promotion measures, as well as in disseminating the implications of intensified inequalities and vulnerabilities in women's lives. This is a documentary, qualitative research, with the objective of knowing the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic for women, based on publications published by the media. Eighty-one reports were used, selected from March

2020 to June 2021, in the digital versions of the newspaper O Globo and in Universo On- line. After the textual treatment of the reports, the titles were analyzed using the

IRAMUTEQ software, resulting in the formation of the word cloud. Then, the content of the reports was organized and submitted to content analysis by Bardin, with the formation of 4 empirical categories: 1) Pandemic: problems for women's health; 2) Intensification of gender and socioeconomic inequalities; 3) Overlapping work in the domestic space; 4)

Situations of violence due to social isolation. It can be seen that the scenario of the Covid- 19 pandemic changed structures, relationships and the meaning of women's daily lives,

especially after the implementation of restrictive measures. As a result, they were affected by the socioeconomic impacts, by the increase in unemployment, as they are the majority outside the labor market and at risk to their livelihood. Evidence indicates greater susceptibility to situations and cases of gender-based violence, especially domestic violence and femicides, as a result of social isolation, which is considered a potentiator for the increase in complaints and requests for help. Another aggravating factor is the intensification of the overload of home work and intra-family care in the face of prolonged stays at home. The accumulation of functions associated with the extreme conditions of formal work, fear and exposure to contamination and restrictions on movement contributed to the physical and mental illness of women. However, access to health services and networks to combat violence were limited, resulting in barriers to basic sexual and reproductive health consultations, in addition to making it difficult to break the cycle of violence. In this way, the media revealed the intensification of structural problems of situations of vulnerability and gender inequalities in women's lives, as a result of the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the scenario, they were the most impacted by the aggravation of pre-existing situations and/or generated by the scenario, from the perspective of different contexts, especially when intersecting race and class from the perspective of gender.