REMOTE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ISOLATION: POLICIES TO CONTAIN THE PANDEMIC THAT DO NOT MEET THE SOCIAL DEMANDS OF GENDER AND RACE

Abstract

It is no secret that Brazilian society presents distinctions when it comes to access to human dignity and citizenship. To believe that just having an article in the Brazilian Federal Constitution that states that everyone is equal before the law is enough is naivety or even dishonesty. The vast majority of the proposed policies don’t aim at the differences between races and genders, even though several social movements call attention to the subject, such as Agenda 2030 which brings objectives and goals to achieve in fact equality through policies that take into account the needs of each individual. It is clear that government measures taken on an emergencial basis do not meet everyone's basic needs. In view of this, this essay aims to demonstrate that remote education and social isolation are political measures to contain the dissemination of Covid-19, but that they do not aim at the differences between gender and race in Brazilian society.