“We Are in Quarantine but Caring Does Not Stop”: Mutual Aid as Radical Care in Brazil

There are populations whose care work and needs remain unacknowledged, both in "normal" and exceptional times. As states across the world adopt lockdown and social distancing measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, entire sectors of the informal economy are left with no work and...

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Published in:Feminist studies 2020-09, Vol.46 (3), p.639-652
Main Authors: Moraes, Carolina, Santos, Juma, Assis, Mariana Prandini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Activist Responses
AIDS
Citizenship
Civil rights
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Demographic aspects
Economic aspects
Health aspects
Health policy
Ideology
Informal care
Informal economy
Intersectionality
Marginality
Pandemics
Political aspects
Prostitution
Quarantine
Self care
Sex industry
Sex workers
Social aspects
Social protection
Stigma
Websites
Welfare state
Workers
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Summary:There are populations whose care work and needs remain unacknowledged, both in "normal" and exceptional times. As states across the world adopt lockdown and social distancing measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, entire sectors of the informal economy are left with no work and no social protection. Street sex workers are one of them. Marginalized, stigmatized, and often denied their full citizenship status, street sex workers develop their own informal networks of care and self-care, which prove essential for their survival. Care has thus long been central to sex workers, particularly street sex workers, both in their individual and collective actions. This is no different in the current pandemic.
ISSN:0046-3663
2153-3873
2153-3873
DOI:10.1353/fem.2020.0048