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The pandemic makes way to a whole range of communi-tarian projects, and to deal with the crisis. We highlight those fostered by feminist organizations, i.e. actions motivated exclusively by women, who propose to be mutually supportive to tackle multidimensional vulnerability increased by the pandemic. Thus, this paper explores three communitarian actions led by feminists in three Chilean cities from the center-south zone (Rancagua, Talca and Chillan), in order to learn and understand their arrangements to deal with the most urgent needs during the pandemic. This exploration was developed through online interviews with some leaders of the three initiatives. Among the main findings, we found a strong conviction for politicizing the intimate sphere, constructing a network of solidarity deemed safe for women, which allows them to stick together against any adversity. All this takes place across horizontal social relations, and mutual and self-care.
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Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students experienced occupational disruptions to their daily routines and alarming mental health outcomes. This paper seeks to examine associations between college students' occupational engagement and psychological well-being;identify potential protective and risk factors for gender, race, and ethnic identities;and explore the impacts of occupational disruptions during COVID-19. Method: Undergraduate students (n = 152) were recruited through social media and ResearchMatch and completed an online survey. Associations and differential impacts on identity were analyzed for occupational balance, satisfaction with participation in discretionary activities, depression, fatigue, general anxiety, stress, loneliness, and COVID-19 behaviors, beliefs, and experiences (CBBE). Results: Occupational engagement had significant negative correlations with the five mental health measures. Females reported more fatigue, anxiety, and stress than males. Hispanic/Latinx participants reported greater occupational engagement. Black/African American participants reported greater occupational balance than their multiracial peers. Occupational Impairment subscale was positively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress. Participants who lost their job were more depressed. Males reported a greater increase in alcohol, cigarette, and recreational drug consumption than females. The COVID-19 Preventative Action subscale was positively correlated with COVID-19 Worry. Females both engaged in more preventive actions and worried more than males. Conclusion: Overall, this study reveals that increasing occupational engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic could be beneficial for mental health and well-being, that COVID-19 had differential impacts on occupational engagement and mental health outcomes based on identity, and that behaviors, beliefs, and experiences shifted with the global occupational disruption.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizational commitment in the public sector of Peru decreased due to teleworking and fear of contagion. The objective was to demonstrate the influence of the application of the RELO Management Skills Program in improving the organizational commitment of the servers of the Provincial Municipality of Huancayo in times of COVID-19. The applied research of quasi-experimental design, had as a sample 150 public servants, 75 in the control group and 75 in the experimental group;The RELO Management Skills Program was developed and validated for the study, the Organizational Commitment Scale of Meyer and Allen was applied in the pretest and posttest. The experimental group reached the mean of 58.08 in the pretest and 65.25 in the posttest;the control group reached the mean of 61.77 in the pretest and 61.87 in the posttest, showing progress in the experimental group. In contrasting hypotheses, the Wilcoxon test determined P-value = 0.000, showing significant influence.