A feminização da migração: trabalho doméstico, emancipação e redes sociais na fronteira Brasil-Guiana

Abstract

The migration of women and girls is a social phenomenon that has occurred on the border between Brazil and Guyana. It deserves scholarly attention because it is a vulnerable social group and susceptible to various kinds of violence, particularly child labor, sexual exploitation, human trafficking and human rights violations. The immigrants are subjected to unskilled work as maids and nannies, with long working hours and no labor rights. As immigrants, they enter Brazil irregularly and does not have legal documentation. Given this situation, this dissertation aims to analyze the daily mobility of women in Guyanese Brazil-Guyana border, in particular for the city of Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima, for domestic labor purposes in homes such brazilians women. For it uses theoretical perspectives female and migrations of International Relations in analyzing the data collected through field research, consulting sites, official agencies and expert sources on the subject, as well as literature. Wanted also identify the catalytic role of social networks formed between Guyanese immigrants to the growth of social phenomenon. Finally, it is a critical analysis of the integration of Guyanese women in the labor market and Roraima society, noting that the violation of rights is a daily routine and that there is need for public policies for this social group for the conquest of autonomy and social and economic emancipation.