Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Approaches to Gender Vulnerability

In November 2019, the journal MUSAS Revista de Investigación en Mujer, Salud y Sociedad launched a call for papers for a monograph dedicated to the notion of vulnerability in its broadest sense.  We received a broad response with paper proposals by authors from multiple academic backgrounds and geographical contexts. As a consequence, we will also dedicate the next issue to the notion of vulnerability in relation with the themes of the journal: women, health and society.

The coronavirus pandemic that has been affecting us globally since December 2019 has put vulnerability at the center of our priorities.  It has shown us, in a dramatic way, how a disease can defeat us in the most unexpected way, posing important challenges to society in general and to the health system in particular. We will show that in this issue coordinated bay Josefina Goberna.