THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ON TIME POVERTY AND GENDER INEQUALITIES

This article discusses poverty in relation to time and gender. Firstly, it explains the theoretical assumptions on the topic of time poverty, and the differences between time deficit and time deprivation. Secondly, it describes the impact of policies of structural adjustment; in the dedication to unpaid domestic work, by decreasing the state's role and the declining of household incomes. Third, the labor market situation in relation to flexibility of working time and working hours is contemplated; it shows how the atypical employment produces time deprivation and subtracts autonomy on own time. Finally, it explains some contributions dealing with the wealth in time and quality of time, his dimensions and the necessary articulation of different social times.