Abstract

ALVARADO, Beatriz. Del campo a la ciudad: experiencias sobre migración y trabajo doméstico en adolescentes rurales. Revista Venezolana de Estudios de la Mujer [online]. 2010, vol.15, n.35, pp.117-133. ISSN 1316-3701.

Domestic work is predominantly an urban activity performed by women in Latin America. Every year, these women leave their homelands to migrate to the city. Countries of the region have legally regulated this work; however, domestic workers, mostly teenagers and girls, are still a vulnerable group with none or limited labor rights. This qualitative study describes the experiences of a group of teenagers as domestic workers in Peru’s urban centers. Findings of this study suggest the need of strengthening the social actors and national policies to ensure labor rights to this vulnerable group

Keywords : female migration; child work; Peru; education.