Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain

Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain

Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have been scarcely studied. This paper is interested in their activism. Through a qualitative study in southern Spain, the meaning of such socio-political action for m...

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Main Authors: Aceros, Juan C., Duque, Tatiana, Paloma, Virginia
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Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2023
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spelling oai:ojs.localhost:article-11212023-10-05T23:50:24Z Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain El activismo en las migrantes trabajadoras del hogar: estudio cualitativo en el sur de España Aceros, Juan C. Duque, Tatiana Paloma, Virginia activism political behavior migrants oppression domestic workers Social sciences Labor Work Labor disputes Worker´s associations Sociology Groups and organizations Immigrants activismo conducta política migrantes opresión trabajadoras del hogar Ciencias sociales Empleo Trabajo Disputas laborales Asociaciones de trabajadores Grupos y organizaciones Inmigrantes Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have been scarcely studied. This paper is interested in their activism. Through a qualitative study in southern Spain, the meaning of such socio-political action for migrant women is explored. In the spring of 2020, eleven activists from the Seville Association of Domestic Workers were interviewed. The material was subjected to content analysis. The meanings associated with their activism were grouped into four categories: (1) the horizon of “struggle”, (2) the forms of “struggle”, (3) the levels of involvement, and (4) the challenges of activism. The results are limited to a historically recent case, and to a small sample chosen purposively; however, they contribute to the understanding of migrant women’s agency, and open fields of reflection for domestic workers’ organizations. El trabajo del hogar es un nicho ocupacional opresivo para las mujeres migrantes. Las estrategias que emplean para resistir esta situación han sido poco estudiadas. Este trabajo se interesa por su activismo. Mediante un estudio cualitativo en el sur de España se explora el sentido de dicha acción sociopolítica para las mujeres migrantes. En la primavera de 2020 se entrevistó a once activistas de la Asociación de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores del Hogar de Sevilla. El material se sometió a análisis de contenido. Los significados asociados a su activismo fueron agrupados en cuatro categorías: (1) el horizonte de lucha, (2) las formas de lucha, (3) los niveles de implicación y (4) los retos. Los resultados se limitan a un caso históricamente reciente, y a una muestra pequeña elegida propositivamente; sin embargo, aportan a la comprensión de la agencia de las migrantes, y abre campos de reflexión para las organizaciones de trabajadoras del hogar. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2023-03-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/epub+zip text/html text/xml application/pdf text/html application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/html text/xml https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121 10.21670/ref.2305116 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 24 (2023) Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 24 (2023) 2395-9134 0187-6961 spa eng https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2388 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2389 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2390 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2391 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2392 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2424 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2425 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2426 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2427 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1121/2428 Southern Spain, 2020 Sur de España, 2020 Derechos de autor 2023 Estudios Fronterizos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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author Aceros, Juan C.
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Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
author_facet Aceros, Juan C.
Duque, Tatiana
Paloma, Virginia
author_sort Aceros, Juan C.
title Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
title_short Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
title_full Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
title_fullStr Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
title_full_unstemmed Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
title_sort activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern spain
description Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have been scarcely studied. This paper is interested in their activism. Through a qualitative study in southern Spain, the meaning of such socio-political action for migrant women is explored. In the spring of 2020, eleven activists from the Seville Association of Domestic Workers were interviewed. The material was subjected to content analysis. The meanings associated with their activism were grouped into four categories: (1) the horizon of “struggle”, (2) the forms of “struggle”, (3) the levels of involvement, and (4) the challenges of activism. The results are limited to a historically recent case, and to a small sample chosen purposively; however, they contribute to the understanding of migrant women’s agency, and open fields of reflection for domestic workers’ organizations.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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