The economic and social repercussions of the (COVID-19) pandemic on the family sector

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This paper is considered as a social observatory of the economic and social repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the family sector and the reflection of its effects on the life experiences of the family, which represents a main pillar and a common intersection point between the various societal systems.
The economic effects were embodied on many sectors, especially the file of sustainable development and social protection systems for the affected groups, and the levels of resilience and flexibility of the systems within the country decreased.
The paper discussed the economic repercussions in terms of: the impact of the Corona crisis on the economic dimension of the goals of sustainability in the world, stopping or disrupting the movement of sectors, a significant decrease in daily operational flows, realizing losses, rising sovereign debt, high unemployment rates and increasing poverty rates.
The social repercussions included: the impact of the Corona crisis on the social dimension of sustainability goals in the world, the impact on quality education, the impact on the goal of good health and well-being, the absorption of digital platforms for the psychological and mental effects of the pandemic, the variation in risk management skills, the impact of the pandemic on the elderly in families, Support and social protection programs change household consumption patterns and the multiplicity of jobs and roles within the home

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