Journal Seventeen Nr. 11

The standard concepts with which the main categories of human mobility are represented are not based on scientific analysis, but are the result of a social construction, determined by a dominant interest. 

This article aims to offer an overview of the multiple forms of vulnerability and types of violence that migrant women face at origin (at the time of deciding to emigrate), during transit, and upon arrival in destination countries, based on human security approach and a gender perspective. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again put pressure on the Spanish public healthcare system, which has not yet recovered from the consequences of the 2008 crisis. In the background of the attention given to COVID, a long list of structural problems persists that have sadly become endemic. This article identifies
them, discusses them, and encourages their resolution.

The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by government measures to restrict activity and social interaction, with negative consequences for the population’s psychological well-being. The objective of this study was to examine, in the context of lockdown, the relationships of the participant’s living space (size of house/number of residents) and their level of education with their psychological well-being, as well as the mediating role of resilience in these relationships.