Vulnerabilidade de mulheres negras na pandemia da COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: To reflect on the vulnerabilities of black women in the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: This is a reflection article anchored by a narrative literature review that focused on the analysis of the social markers of gender, class and race, based on the assumption that the union of these markers increases the risk to infection by Covid-19 and the difficulty of access to health services. Results: The intersection of inequalities that affect black women on a daily basis favors the disparities experienced in various sectors. Such panorama reflects the impregnation of sexism and structural racism in society and tends to worsen during the Covid-19 pandemic, given the intensification of socioeconomic weaknesses, interfering with health care. Conclusion: It is expected that the established reflections will subsidize practices that aim at a careful look at the needs and demands of black women, during and after the pandemic, due, above all, to the historical burden of the issue.