¿De la invisibilidad al empoderamiento de género y la integración de los migrantes? Repercusiones del trabajo doméstico y el cuidado en las mujeres migrantes en Grecia

Autores/as

  • Theodoros Fouskas University of West Attica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0507-217X
  • George Koulierakis Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica (Greece) and European Public Law Organization (EPLO) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3705-1007
  • Lola Lyberopoulou European Public Law Organization (EPLO)
  • Andrea De Maio European Public Law Organization (EPLO)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/10.12795/CP.2022.i31.v1.05

Palabras clave:

inmigrante, mujeres trabajadoras, trabajadoras inmigrantes, trabajadoras domésticas, integración social , Grecia

Resumen

El artículo se centra en el caso de las trabajadoras domésticas inmigrantes (sirvientas, niñeras y cuidadoras) en Grecia y en el impacto del trabajo doméstico en su integración en Grecia. Según los resultados de las entrevistas en profundidad, basadas en las conclusiones del proyecto "Voices of Immigrant Women" (VIW) (Erasmus+ 2020-1-ES01-KA203-082364), las mujeres migrantes están atrapadas en un marco de condiciones laborales invisibles y de explotación y se enfrentan a la discriminación en el trabajo. Hay múltiples casos en los que el empleador trata a las trabajadoras domésticas migrantes de forma inhumana, gritándoles y gesticulando y ejerciendo también abusos físicos y verbales, así como contratándolas con contratos falsos o contratos de trabajo que la trabajadora nunca ha leído, por lo que son vulnerables y susceptibles de sufrir diversas formas de explotación. La situación se agrava aún más por el control que se ejerce sobre la empleada, dificultando su acceso a otras ocupaciones, y prolongando así su permanencia en el trabajo doméstico. En este contexto laboral, la mayoría de las mujeres migrantes son indiferentes a la colectividad y a la solidaridad y están aisladas de sus compatriotas y de otros trabajadores. La servidumbre les deja con pocas oportunidades de empoderamiento para la movilidad social ascendente. En unos pocos casos, sólo el empoderamiento económico de las mujeres y su salida del trabajo doméstico ha llevado a un aumento de las capacidades de las mujeres para convertirse en las principales agentes de sus propias vidas y salvaguardarlas de la explotación y de los trabajos informales y mal pagados, para vivir en libertad e independencia.

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Biografía del autor/a

Theodoros Fouskas, University of West Attica

Theodoros Fouskas, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Sociology with an emphasis on Migration and Public Health, Department of Public Health Policy, University of West Attica (Greece). He has taught Sociology of Migration, Migration Policy and Integration Policies, and Health of Moving Populations in many institutions. Dr Fouskas has published extensively on migration, migrant health, precarious employment, access to healthcare, social integration and exclusion. Since 2005, he has participated in many research programmes on migrants, refugees and other vulnerable groups

George Koulierakis, Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica (Greece) and European Public Law Organization (EPLO)

George Koulierakis is Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Policy, University
of West Attica (Greece). Professor Koulierakis has 26 years of postgraduate teaching
experience in Health Psychology and Methodology. He has contributed to numerous
conferences and has produced a significant number of peer-reviewed publications. He has
coordinated EU-funded projects. Professor Koulierakis’ interests are determinants of health
behaviours, health literacy, behavioural economics and migration.

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Publicado

2022-06-30

Cómo citar

Fouskas, T., Koulierakis, G. ., Lyberopoulou, L., & De Maio, A. . (2022). ¿De la invisibilidad al empoderamiento de género y la integración de los migrantes? Repercusiones del trabajo doméstico y el cuidado en las mujeres migrantes en Grecia. Cuestiones Pedagógicas. Revista De Ciencias De La Educación, 1(31), 77–100. https://doi.org/10.12795/10.12795/CP.2022.i31.v1.05