Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas

Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas

In the citrus-growing region of Tamaulipas, wich includes the municipalities of Llera, Hidalgo, Padilla, Güémez and Victoria, local manpower is insufficient during the harvest season, this is why migrant workers are informally hired, including women, occasionally. The objective of this work was to d...

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Main Author: Andrade-Rubio, Karla Lorena
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Published: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2016
Online Access:https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/654
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spelling oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-6542020-02-13T09:02:47Z Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas Víctimas de trata: mujeres migrantes, trabajo agrario y acoso sexual en Tamaulipas Andrade-Rubio, Karla Lorena migrant women agricultural work labor trafficking sexual harassment Tamaulipas. mujeres migrantes trabajo agrario trata laboral acoso sexual Tamaulipas. In the citrus-growing region of Tamaulipas, wich includes the municipalities of Llera, Hidalgo, Padilla, Güémez and Victoria, local manpower is insufficient during the harvest season, this is why migrant workers are informally hired, including women, occasionally. The objective of this work was to determine whether mi-grant women employed in the citrus-growing region of Tamaulipas worked under conditions of labor trafficking and sexual harassment. A qualitative methodology, based on in-depth inteviews to 20 migrant women (15 from Veracruz, Mexico, and 5 from Central America) was used. The results indicated that women were victims of labor trafficking and sexual harassment in the agricultural work, because the amount of work done is not proportional to the wages they receive, and their subordinate situation in the labor market makes them vulnerable to sexual harassment and violence. Labor trafficking was itertwined with sexual and gender violence. En la comarca citrícola de Tamaulipas, que abarca los municipios de Llera, Hidalgo, Padilla, Güémez y Victoria, la mano de obra local es insuficiente durante la temporada de cosecha, por lo que se ocupan trabajadores migrantes de manera informal, incluyendo mujeres, ocasionalmente. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar si la mujer migrante contratada en la comarca citrícola de Tamaulipas labora bajo condiciones de trata laboral y acoso sexual. Se utilizó una metodología cualitativa basada en entrevistas a profundidad a 20 mujeres migrantes (15 de Veracruz, México, y 5 de Centroamérica). Los resultados indicaron que las mujeres fueron víctimas de trata laboral y acoso sexual en el trabajo agrícola, debido a que la cantidad de trabajo realizado no es proporcional al salario que reciben, y a que su situación subordinada en el mercado laboral las hace vulnerables al acoso y violencia sexual. La trata laboral se mostró entrelazada con la violencia sexual y de género. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2016-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/xml https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/654 10.29059/cienciauat.v11i1.654 CienciaUAT; Vol. 11 No. 1: July-December 2016; 22-36 CienciaUAT; Vol. 11 No. 1: Julio-Diciembre 2016; 22-36 2007-7858 2007-7521 spa https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/654/384 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/654/504 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/654/718
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title Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas
title_short Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas
title_full Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas
title_fullStr Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas
title_full_unstemmed Victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in Tamaulipas
title_sort victims of trafficking: migrant women, farm work and sexual harassment in tamaulipas
description In the citrus-growing region of Tamaulipas, wich includes the municipalities of Llera, Hidalgo, Padilla, Güémez and Victoria, local manpower is insufficient during the harvest season, this is why migrant workers are informally hired, including women, occasionally. The objective of this work was to determine whether mi-grant women employed in the citrus-growing region of Tamaulipas worked under conditions of labor trafficking and sexual harassment. A qualitative methodology, based on in-depth inteviews to 20 migrant women (15 from Veracruz, Mexico, and 5 from Central America) was used. The results indicated that women were victims of labor trafficking and sexual harassment in the agricultural work, because the amount of work done is not proportional to the wages they receive, and their subordinate situation in the labor market makes them vulnerable to sexual harassment and violence. Labor trafficking was itertwined with sexual and gender violence.
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