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Vulnerable Women in a Pandemic: Paid Domestic Workers and COVID ‐19 in Peru
Author(s) -
Pérez Leda M.,
Gandolfi Andrea
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.13212
Subject(s) - covid-19 , legislation , pandemic , business , migrant workers , economic growth , political science , economics , virology , medicine , law , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Paid domestic workers (PDWs) in Peru, who are predominantly women, are one of the most vulnerable labour sectors in the country. We argue that an important factor explaining this is linked to national legislation that grants only partial rights to the sector, thus maintaining inferior labour conditions for such workers. Here we share our analysis of a survey of 314 PDWs, conducted between April and May 2020, confirming that PDWs in Peru are highly unprotected, particularly during the COVID pandemic, in which there has been a lack of comprehensive social protection schemes.