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0088/2023 - Latin-American migrant female workers and violences: towards an intersectional perspective?
Trabalhadoras migrantes latino-americanas e violências: rumo a uma visão interseccional?

Author:

• Cristiane Batista Andrade - Andrade, C.B - <cristiane.batista.andrade@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-9171


Abstract:

The history of Latin-American society has been influenced by its colonization, which has subjugated non-white women to gender violence, racism, and sexism. This opinion article aims at discussing the work of Latin-American female migrants, based on the intersectional approach. The purpose is to reflect on the historical and social realities of Latinas, who travel in order to find employment or to escape the violence suffered in their social environment. Drawing upon contributions by sociologist Patrícia Collins, this article discusses the concept of intersectionality and the topics that pertain to intersectional analyses (relationality, power relations, social inequality, social context, complexity and social justice). Intersectionality as a critical social theory under construction enables deeper analyses of the oppression experienced by migrant workers, such as xenophobia, racism, the tendency to slave labor and/or to sexual exploitation, and precarious working conditions. Reflecting upon the violences experienced by Latin-American female workers from an intersectional perspective means listening to those women, understanding their resistance, bringing visibility to their collective actions, and guaranteeing that public policies be implemented, considering these workers’ experiences and standpoint.

Keywords:

intersectional theory; labor migration; xenophobia, racism; sexism.

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Andrade, C.B. Latin-American migrant female workers and violences: towards an intersectional perspective?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Apr). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/latinamerican-migrant-female-workers-and-violences-towards-an-intersectional-perspective/18714?id=18714&id=18714



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