OPINION – Feminisms, work and trade union action: dialogues between Europe and Latin America
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), together with the Institute of Social Studies in Contexts of Inequalities of the National University of José C. Paz (IESCODE – UNPAZ), the University Institute of Women's Studies of the University of Valencia and the CLACSO Working Group “What work for what future?” presents the results of the call for essays “Feminisms, work and trade union action: dialogues between Europe and Latin America”, organized jointly.
The Call has the collaboration and support of the Fredrich Ebert Foundation (Argentina); May 1st Foundation (Spain); Peace and Solidarity Foundation (Basque Country) and the Pau i Solidaritat Foundation (Valencian Country).
Based on the problems and themes that motivated this Call for Submissions, essays were invited that dealt with one of these topics:
• Labor standards, or regulatory proposals, that incorporate proposals from the feminist movement, at the state or supranational level.
• Effectiveness of regulatory frameworks aimed at recognizing care work in the context of paid employment.
• Connections between the feminist movement and the trade union movement in the fight to reduce gender gaps in paid work environments: wage gap, segmentation, labor regulations, or others
• Experiences of joint work between unions from different countries on the issues mentioned above.
The 10 proposals received were deemed suitable for evaluation by the International Committee. The Committee considered the quality, relevance, coherence, and timeliness of the proposals, in accordance with the Call for Proposals guidelines.
The evaluation process was carried out by an International Committee made up of the following experts: Andrea Andújar (Argentina), Beatriz Plaza (Spain), Marcela Hernández (Mexico) and Mónica Sladogna (Argentina).
The evaluation, based on anonymized work, assessed the quality of the essay proposals submitted, as well as their soundness and intellectual contribution to the issues addressed in the Call for Papers.
The winning essay is presented below. In addition to publication in the digital book, it will receive a prize equivalent to US$500, and one of its authors will receive support to participate in an international seminar.
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Researchers |
CLACSO Member Center Institution |
Central country that endorses |
Essay title |
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Camila Sapp – Manuela Fernández Bocco – María Cecilia Bustos Moreschi |
Research Center of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities – National University of Córdoba |
Argentina |
Unionization around care work: Crossings of transoceanic experiences |
The list of the next 4 selected essays, each of which will be supported with a prize equivalent to 250 US dollars and will also be included in the digital book, is as follows:
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Researchers |
CLACSO Member Center Institution |
Central country that endorses |
Essay title |
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Cecilia Isaí Silva Zárate |
Center for Sociological, Economic, Political and Anthropological Research – Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
Peru |
Between discipline and flexibility: The alliances of the Workers' Union and |
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Janeth Paola Cortes Piraquive |
Institute of Political Studies and International Relations – National University of Colombia |
Colombia |
Care, precarity and the effectiveness of the norm: between the communal movement in Colombia and the association of domestic and care workers in Spain |
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Beatriz Bustos-Torres |
University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities – University of Guadalajara |
Mexico |
Paid domestic work: recognition and redistribution? Trends before and during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Francy Angelica Riveros Santa |
Institute for Educational Research and Pedagogical Development |
Colombia |
The Gender Roundtable |
This ruling is irrevocable and cannot be appealed.
Buenos Aires, October 11, 2023.
