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UN-INSTRAW is carrying out four research studies on the “Creation, evolution and impact of global care chains between the migratory corridors of Costa Rica–Nicaragua and Paraguay-Argentina”. This initiative is part of the strategies of the project, “Support to Strengthening the Quito Consensus for Women’s Empowerment,” financed by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
The objective of the research is to identify the intersection between migration, the social organization of care, and its impact on women migrants and their families in origin and destination countries. It aims at determining to what extent migration is reinforcing or transforming the care system and the existence of damaging factors to human rights at the labour level.
The country teams are coordinated by: Ana Isabel Espinoza, from the Academic Commission of the Women’s Economic Agenda in Nicaragua; Ana Carcedo, from the Feminist Information and Action Center (CEFEMINA), of Costa Rica; Corina Rodríguez Enríquez (Conicet -Ciepp) and Norma Sanchís (LAGTN) Lola Mora Association, Argentina; and Clyde Soto, from the Documentation and Studies Centre of (CDE) Paraguay.
UN-INSTRAW has provided the conceptual and methodological framework, which has been tested in the project “Building networks: Latin American women in the global care chains”, under the guidance of Mar García and Amaia Pérez Orozco from the Gender, Migration and Development Programme of UN-INSTRAW.
Once the research completed its analysis, diagnosis of situation, and action proposal components, relevant actors engaged in political dialogue. To this end and in the interest of implementing a consultative methodology with the participation of key actors from the initial phase of the project, it was presented to the public in the four project countries.
In Argentina, the presentation was made at the offices of the country’s Chamber of Deputies and was attended by representatives of governmental offices such as the Domestic Service Court, the Assistant Secretary of Labour Relations, and the Tripartite Commission for Equal Opportunities – all branches under the sphere of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MTEySS). Officers from the National Council for Women also attended the presentation, as well as special representatives on women’s issues from the Ministry of Foreign Relations, International Commerce and Cult (MRECIC), and women’s organizations, academic personnel, civil society organizations and syndicates.
In Costa Rica, the presentation was held on 27 April 2010 and was attended by representatives from governmental institutions, such as the Defense Ministry, the National Institute for Women (INAMU), the Ministry of Labour, the National Council of Older Persons (CONAPAM) and municipalities from Escazú. The event was also attended by international institutions, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (OIM), as well as other local organizations such as the Network of Migrant Women, Migrant Trade Union or the Syndicate of Secondary Level Professors, academia and the State. The diversity of the group favoured an intense debate during the presentation.
In Nicaragua, the presentation was held on 21 April 2010 at the Central American University (UCA) and was attended by representatives from the Nicaraguan Institute for Women, the Network of Migrant Families and the Association of Professional Women for Integral Development and the International Organization for Migration (OIM).
Professors and researchers from three national universities attended the presentation, amongst which were the Polytechnic University of Nicaragua – UPOLI, and the University from the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast – URACCAN, and gender institutes and study programmes, as well as professors and students in the field of Economy.
In Paraguay, the meeting was held in the conference room of the Secretary of Women’s Affairs at the President’s Office, was inaugurated by the Minister for Women, Gloria Rubin, and was attended by individuals and representatives from public and civil society organizations that deal with the presented issues.
The four research teams will meet in mid-October 2010 at the UN-INSTRAW headquarters in Santo Domingo to revise the research process and its products before the publications are prepared in January 2011.
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Participants at the presentation in Argentina
Presentation in Costa Rica
Presentation in Nicaragua
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