THE WORK OF TEACHERS IN TIMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: PROBLEMS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF TEACHING AND CARING IN THE DOMESTIC SPHERE IN PORTUGAL.

Throughout history several pandemics have been experienced. However, the current covid-19 disease has caught societies and individuals off guard, leading to social isolation and the experimentation of new work situations, such as distance learning. Since teaching is a feminized profession, in Portugal, in this article we tried to discuss the consequences for female teachers of the double journey at home, accumulating work and family care, which is part of a general logic of neoliberalism. However, we found that despite some changes in legislation and in daily life regarding gender equality, it has essentially fallen to women to take care of their children and younger daughters or older parents. Therefore, in daily practice, there is still a way to go in the teaching profession to effectively lead to gender equality and inclusion for the citizenship of all people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]