Trabalho doméstico na pandemia: um estudo sobre as múltiplas violências e seus aprofundamentos nas vidas de trabalhadoras em tempos de crise

Abstract

Brazil is currently experiencing one of its greatest political and humanitarian crises since the last century. In this scenario my research about the living conditions of domestic workers is inserted. It isn't difficult to notice that in past months the media have been covered with stories that reported cases involving domestic workers and the relationships with their bosses during the coronavirus pandemic. These cases, most of time, are about black and poor women's history, whom weren't spare of their services during the period of quarantine recommended by governments, especially the provincial ones, based on the recommendations of World Health Organization. Once exposed to the disease, the domestic workers and their family members became fatal victims of the vírus, fostering debates and reflections on these domestic workers ´rights, facing as a background race, gender and class issues. In this research, therefore, I try to reflect on the situation of the domestic workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. In this context, I analyse the life history of two women, the consequences and the developments of their work at home during that period. In addition to life stories, I use document analysis as a methodology, exploring the journalistic content produced about female workers and the Covid-19 pandemic by major news sites in Brazil and some social networks