La invisibilización de las trabajadoras domésticas: género condiciones laborales e identidad

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in the city of Cali in the period 2017-2018 with Afro-Colombian women aged 36 to 60 years, from the Colombian Pacific "Buenaventura, Chocó" and del Cauca, "Santander de Quilichao, Caloto, Morales ", With the purpose of knowing the reality faced by domestic domestic employees, given that these women who work in domestic service, perform an arduous task that has been clearly assigned to the female gender; situation that is historically and socially approved, which encourages the reproduction of practices of racial and sexual segregation, exploitation, inequality and discrimination, since these women in the daily work are exposed to strenuous working hours, inappropriate treatment, economic remuneration and inadequate conditions of habitability among others. Based on the foregoing, in the present investigation, it is intended to describe the conditions under which domestic Afro-Colombian domestic employees configure their racial and gender ethnic identity in relation to their employer. To discern these circumstances, a qualitative methodology is used. It allowed for different encounters with 7 Afro-Colombian women in the following scenarios: in the neighborhoods comuneros1, ciudad 2000, Parque de las Banderas and in the municipality of Santander de Qulichao.