Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Care work, which is mainly carried out by women, is characterized bya lack of social recognition of its inherent value, perpetuating gender stereotypesand constituting one of the most precarious forms of employment. What is pro-posed here is to socialize the analytical approach of the research Vulnerability andPoverty of Domestic Workers in Zacatecas, with the results obtained so far, with theaim of capturing the structural characteristics of this profession, as well as thosespecific to the area of study. The methodology was based on surveys and in-depth interviews, initially only with female workers, and later expanded to in-clude surveys and interviews with employers and public officials, who providedvaluable information from the employer and institutional perspective. Finally, we wanted to know the prevalence of local and mobility factors that aggravate the precarious situation of domestic workers, making visible the dynamics of urban transport and the risks associated with it, in the expectation of contributing to the generation of proposals that would allow the improvement of their working conditions.
Authors: Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena, Morales Díaz, Zayra Yadira
Language: English
Topic: Labor Law and Work Dynamics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6902379141
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