Between city and country: domestic workers building food sovereignty
In Latin America and the Caribbean, domestic workers make up 18% of the female labour force. Migrating from rural areas to work in the city, many maintain both rural and urban identities. With strong connections to their family’s farm on one hand, and playing a key role in buying and preparing food in urban households on the other, they occupy a strategic position within food systems. In Bolivia, increasingly well-organised unions of domestic workers are using this space to both empower their members and educate urban consumers about indigenous foods, healthy diets, agroecology, and the importance of supporting the small farm economy.
卷号: 31.2
国际标准刊号: 2210-6499
发布者: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
作者: Karen Pomier
其他作家: Tanya Kerssen
组 织: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
年份: 2015
国家: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
地理范围: 拉丁美洲及加勒比
类别: 个案研究
内容语言: English