LAWYERS IN COLOR AND GENDER: THE UNEQUAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON THE PRACTICE OF LAWYERS IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos, Eneida Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: de Lacerda Carelli, Rodrigo, Matosinhos, Isabella
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito
• Texto Completo: https://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/576
• topic: COVID-19; lawyers; raism; gender; intersectionality; Covid-19; advocacia; racismo; gênero; interseccionalidade

The COVID-19 pandemic had important consequences for the way in which law was exercised, but it also represented serious economic impacts for the category. The study, based on empirical research conducted with law in the State of Rio de Janeiro, demonstrates that the impacts on work and economic condition derived from the pandemic were greater in relation to blacks and women, and, in intersectional analysis, in black women. The conclusion is that there is an unequal distribution of the effects of the pandemic in relation to these groups, which are socially and economically vulnerable. In order to interpret the data found, a literature review was conducted on racial, feminist and black feminism studies, which clarify the history of oppression and socially constructed narratives that cause blacks, black women and women to be discriminated against in the labor market in the 21st century, especially black women who are in a more precarious situation, by experiencing the abuses of racial and gender categories together, which is elucidated by the theory of intersectionality.