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Abstract: Argélida Flores is 30 years old, has four children, two grandsons and no husband. Known as “la Gocha” by her neighbors of the invation neighborhood “Nelson Mandela”, she works from dawn to dusk in a family home located in one of the most fancy areas of Cartagena de Indias, […]

  Abstract: For women in El Salvador, living in the city and having a steady job are not a guarantee for overcoming poverty. Thousands of female workers in sectors such as domestic service, and the textile and clothing industry, work for low wages with which they must keep their families. And they are […]

Abstract: 52.6 million people around the world work as domestic workers. 90% of them are women. 19.6 million are in Latin-America and the Caribbean. The lack of governmental regulations for these kind of workers has permitted that a high number of women, but also children and/or adolescents, live in conditions […]