Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaCircular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá
In the Tarapacá Region of Chile, Bolivian migrant women are frequently hired as domestic workers to provide care for children or the elderly. Favored by current legislation and geographic proximity, Bolivian nationals engage in circular migration in a three-month cycle. Migrant women do not seek to...
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Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
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| author | Sandra Leiva Gomez; Universidad Arturo Prat Cesar Ross Orellana; Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
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| description | In the Tarapacá Region of Chile, Bolivian migrant women are frequently hired as domestic workers to provide care for children or the elderly. Favored by current legislation and geographic proximity, Bolivian nationals engage in circular migration in a three-month cycle. Migrant women do not seek to put down roots in Chile, but instead migrate temporarily and repetitively. This article analyzes the labor histories of these circular migrants based on interviews conducted in the city of Iquique. There is a high level of fragmentation in their labor history, mainly due to non-payment of salaries, long workdays and mistreatment by employers. It is concluded in first place, that circular migration of care workers implies high personal and familiar costs for these migrant women, as it produces great uncertainty and the possibility to extend -unnecessary- the migration season. In second place, it is established the need to formulate specific migration public policies for this workers. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO806452022-03-22T15:12:28Z Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá Migración circular y trabajo de cuidado: fragmentación de trayectorias laborales de migrantes bolivianas en Tarapacá Sandra Leiva Gomez; Universidad Arturo Prat Cesar Ross Orellana; Universidad de Santiago de Chile CONICYT care; circular migration; labor trajectories; migration; work trabajo, cuidado, migración, trayectorias laborales, migración circular In the Tarapacá Region of Chile, Bolivian migrant women are frequently hired as domestic workers to provide care for children or the elderly. Favored by current legislation and geographic proximity, Bolivian nationals engage in circular migration in a three-month cycle. Migrant women do not seek to put down roots in Chile, but instead migrate temporarily and repetitively. This article analyzes the labor histories of these circular migrants based on interviews conducted in the city of Iquique. There is a high level of fragmentation in their labor history, mainly due to non-payment of salaries, long workdays and mistreatment by employers. It is concluded in first place, that circular migration of care workers implies high personal and familiar costs for these migrant women, as it produces great uncertainty and the possibility to extend -unnecessary- the migration season. In second place, it is established the need to formulate specific migration public policies for this workers. En la región de Tarapacá es usual que migrantes bolivianas sean contratadas como trabajadoras domésticas para realizar trabajo de cuidado de niños o ancianos. Favorecida por la legislación vigente y por la cercanía geográfica, nacionales bolivianas realizan una migración circular con un ritmo de tres meses. Las migrantes no buscan establecerse en el país, sino que efectúan una migración temporal y repetitiva. Mediante entrevistas aplicadas en la ciudad de Iquique se analiza la trayectoria laboral de estas migrantes circulares. Se observa una alta fragmentación de su trayectoria laboral, la que se origina fundamentalmente por el no pago de sus remuneraciones, las extensas jornadas de trabajo a las que son sometidas y el maltrato que reciben de parte de sus empleadores. Se concluye en primer lugar que la migración circular del trabajo de cuidado trae altos costos personales y familiares para las migrantes, en tanto genera una gran incertidumbre y la posibilidad de extender su temporada de migración más allá de la deseada. En segundo lugar, se establece la necesidad de formular políticas públicas migratorias específicas para este grupo de trabajadoras. 2016-11-15 2022-03-22T15:12:28Z 2022-03-22T15:12:28Z http://www.psicoperspectivas.cl/index.php/psicoperspectivas/article/view/766 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80645 es <p>The author/s grant exclusive license without temporary limit for the manuscript to be published in the journal Psicoperspectivas. Individual and Society, published by the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (Chile).</p><p>All manuscript will be published under the Creative Commons 4.0 International License.</p> Los artículos serán publicados bajo licencia <a title="CC BY Atribución 4.0 Internacional" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es">Creative Commons 4.0 Internacional</a>. Los autores retienen sus derechos. <p>O(Os)/A(As) autores concedem licença exclusiva e sem limite de tempo para primeira publicação na Revista Psicoperspectivas. Individuo y Sociedad, editada com o respaldo da Escuela de Psicología da Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile).</p><p>O artigo sera publicado sob Licença <a class="action" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-size: 0.85em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica, ";Liberation Sans";, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #d3d7cf; color: #871aaa !important;" href="http://creativecommons.org/" target="_new">CREATIVE COMMONS</a> 4.0 Internacional.</p> application/pdf text/html Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Psicoperspectivas: Individuo y Sociedad; Vol. 15, No. 3 (2016): Crisis de los cuidados; 56-66 Psicoperspectivas. Individuo y Sociedad; Vol. 15, No. 3 (2016): Crisis de los cuidados; 56-66 Psicoperspectivas. Individuo y Sociedad; Vol. 15, No. 3 (2016): Crisis de los cuidados; 56-66 |
| spellingShingle | care; circular migration; labor trajectories; migration; work trabajo, cuidado, migración, trayectorias laborales, migración circular Sandra Leiva Gomez; Universidad Arturo Prat Cesar Ross Orellana; Universidad de Santiago de Chile Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá |
| title | Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá |
| title_full | Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá |
| title_fullStr | Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá |
| title_short | Circular migration and care work: Fragmentation of labor trajectories of Bolivian migrant women in Tarapacá |
| title_sort | circular migration and care work: fragmentation of labor trajectories of bolivian migrant women in tarapacá |
| topic | care; circular migration; labor trajectories; migration; work trabajo, cuidado, migración, trayectorias laborales, migración circular |
| url | http://www.psicoperspectivas.cl/index.php/psicoperspectivas/article/view/766 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80645 |