According to the United Nations, the novel coronavirus pandemic will bring incalculable setbacks to various sectors, such as health, public safety, the economy, and employment. Furthermore, it will hinder the fulfillment of... 2030 Agenda, which aims for sustainable development through the eradication of poverty – with a deadline for completion by the year 2030.
This is because the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic further accentuated social inequalities in Brazil and made it clear that: No, we're not all in the same boat!
Lawyer and IDP professor Carolina Costa explains that, when looking at the context of the pandemic, although it seems that the virus impacts the entire planet in the same way, what is actually perceived, after more than a year, is that... The pandemic has reinforced several inequalities that already existed.
One example is the world of work, where many people – especially informal workers – are unable to maintain a routine with working from home and their children in school. According to Carolina, these individuals cannot stay home waiting for the virus to pass and are exposed to the disease daily, without the State providing adequate public policies for social inclusion, healthcare, education and, at this specific moment, emergency aid.
Carolina explains that this situation of inequality triggers different perspectives in the economy, in labor relations, in gender relations, and in the perception of public safety.
Therefore, the professor highlights the importance of evaluating data and evidence for the development, implementation, and assessment of public policies to combat the pandemic. "We realized that..." Countries that have been able to better control the pandemic and devise faster solutions to combat the virus are those that have a strong evidence base for their public policies.“, says the teacher.
The professor also highlights the need for a comprehensive analysis of the fight against the pandemic, as it poses different challenges in large urban centers and in smaller cities. She also reinforces the importance of considering intersectoral and intersectional dimensions. According to the expert, the more sectors that are consulted about their strategies and solutions, the greater the complexity and creativity of the responses to the problem will be.
open class
Carolina, along with other specialists, will be teaching the mini-course. Public policies and inequalities: the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic..
The classes, offered free of charge by the School of Management, Economics and Business, start today (14).
The professor explains that the mini-course was designed so that the audience has the An opportunity for reflection on various issues related to the pandemic and inequalities, especially in Brazil.
Therefore, if you wish to delve deeper into the subject, learn from Carolina and a team of highly experienced professionals, and hear their impressions and projections for this challenging period for Brazil and the world, click here. here To sign up!
Meet the team!
CAROLINA COSTA FERREIRA
Doctor and Master in Law, State and Constitution from the University of Brasília (UnB). Leader of the Research Group “Criminology of Confrontation” (UniCEUB – CNPq). Professor of the Master's Program in Constitutional Law at the Brazilian Institute of Public Law (IDP). Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology at the University Center of Brasília (UniCEUB). Lawyer specializing in serving women (gender issues, individual and collective, in the criminal field and in the defense of human rights).
CECÍLIA OLLIVEIRA
Cecilia Olliveira is an investigative journalist and director of the Fogo Cruzado Institute. She is a former contributing editor of The Intercept Brasil and holds a postgraduate degree in Crime and Public Security from UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais). She studied Drug Policy, HIV and Human Rights at Intercambios Asociación Civil and Drug Trafficking Coverage at the University of Texas at Austin, and participated in the Latin American Advocacy Fellowship Program on Drug Policy Reform as a fellow of the Open Society in London. She was a consultant for Amnesty International, where she worked as a researcher and developed the Fogo Cruzado data platform on armed violence. She was also a communications consultant for LEAP Brasil (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and communications advisor for PRVL (Program for the Reduction of Lethal Violence against Adolescents and Young People), an initiative of the Observatório de Favelas carried out in conjunction with UNICEF and the Secretariat of Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic. He coordinated the communications team at Redes da Maré, editing the newspaper Maré de Notícias.
Leany Barreiro de Sousa Lemos
Coordinator of the Data Committee in the Fight against COVID-19 in Rio Grande do Sul. Post-doctoral degree in Political Science from the Universities of Oxford and Princeton (Oxford-Princeton Global Leader Fellow, 2009-2011). PhD in Comparative Studies of the Americas (2005) and Master's degree in Political Science (1998), both from the University of Brasília (UnB). She was Secretary of State for Planning, Budget and Management of the Federal District (2015-2018) and of Rio Grande do Sul (2019-2020).
TAMILLE DIAS
Tamille holds a Master's degree in Social Policy and Research from University College London, where she was a Chevening Scholarship recipient from the UK government. She also holds a Master's degree in Development, Society and International Cooperation from UnB (University of Brasília). She was an advisor for social policies at the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic and Coordinator of Labor Studies and Statistics at the Ministry of Economy. Currently, she works as an advisor for Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation at the National School of Public Administration (Enap).
MILENA PINHEIRO MARTINS
Milena holds a Master's degree in Law, State and Constitution from UnB (2019); Bachelor's degree in Law from UnB (2011). She is a lawyer specializing in Superior Courts and a member of the research group "Work, Constitution and Citizenship".
REGIANE WOCHLER
Regiane holds a Master's degree in Political Economy from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2009) and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (1999). She researches topics related to the Solidarity Economy and the fight against poverty and inequality; she is a contributor to the Empowered Newspaper and an advisor to IPAD – Institute of Thoughts and Actions for the Defense of Democracy – São Paulo Branch.
