Spain’s domestic and care sector in times of COVID-19

Abstract

This paper addresses the effects of Spain’s social organisation of care on immigrant women employed in the domestic and care sector in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rights and well-being in the sector already faced growing risks and inequality. The migration–care nexus is analysed in the light of meso and macro dynamics that allow their effects and causes to be identified. Possible measures and policies are proposed for improving the situation of immigrant women employed in this sector, which is a byword for precariousness and vulnerability.

Keywords

• spain
• immigration
• gender
• inequality
• domestic and care work
• social organisation of care