20
November
10:00

4th International Symposium: Care and negligence in the family environment. Challenges and educational and psychosocial proposals under uncertain circumstances

Childcare and Family Policies Chair Online
10 a.m. – Welcome: Joaquim Molins Gil (president of the Joaquim Molins Figueras Foundation) 
10.10 a.m. – Introduction to the symposium: Dr Montserrat Gas (director of the Institute for Advanced Family Studies and the Childcare and Family Policies Chair)
 
10.20 a.m. – Seminar:
  • Marc Grau (lecturer from the Faculty of Education at UIC Barcelona and coordinator of the Childcare and Family Policies Chair): “Childhood policies in Italy and Spain: a comparative study of politics, the third sector and families” (a project by the University of Padua)
  • Rita Cavallotti (director of research at the Institute for Advanced Family Studies): “Spanish families under lockdown. Preliminary results” (joint research with the Catholic University of Milan)
10.50 a.m. – Question time
 
11-11.45 a.m. – Round table discussion: initiatives and reports in the context of COVID-19 
Moderator: Consuelo León (director of the Observatory of Family Policies – Childcare and Family Policies Chair, IESF, UIC Barcelona)
  • María José Olesti (general manager of The Family Watch): “The domestic economy, job expectations and the psychological state of families during lockdown” (survey carried out online with 1,774 Spanish households)
  • Salvador Busquets (director of Cáritas Diocesana de Barcelona): “New needs and civil society’s response capacity. How can we be more supportive?” (a presentation of the report “The initial impact of the pandemic on families and support from Caritas”)
11.45 a.m. – Question time 
12.20 p.m. – Closure of the symposium
 
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