Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been reflecting together on this crisis and wish to share some thoughts and actions.The International Specialised Catholic Action Movements (Miacs) represent more than 500 movements around the world with a great diversity of countries, cultures and backgrounds.
The crisis aggravates situations and destabilises.
The pandemic has brutally aggravated pre-existing problems: unemployment, inequalities bet- ween gender, between rich and poor, within and between countries, and domestic violence.
Various needs including access to healthcare, social security, working conditions, health, food, education, reception of mirants are growing as is the visibility of these problems and the national debt.The pandemic has made these situations unbearable, as illustrated by the reports of IYCW on the impact of Covid on young workers, FIMARC on farmers and fisherfolk, and MIDADE on the living conditions of children. A system that fails to solve these problems or to prevent them from worsening, needs to change.
The pandemic has caused personal destabilisation, complicated the relationships and blocked projects owing to uncertainty about the future. Destabilisation at a collective level has also occurred. In these circumstances, can GDP growth remain the reference? Can we still believe in ongoing progress after the pandemic? It has changed the way people look at things, e.g. the kinds of employment that sustain society.
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