Day: March 12, 2024

Economic violence and labor exploitation: two different realities with a single purpose

Economic violence and labor exploitation of women are two of the most normalized and sibylline manipulations that have truly disabling consequences in the lives of women and their families, causing not only economic instability, as is evident, but also emotional, psychological, social and, in the most serious cases, physical instability.

Economic violence against women is a control technique used to remove them from economic decision-making, as well as to produce economic and emotional dependence in them, in many cases, seriously damaging their own development as well as that of their families (children and dependents).

Labor exploitation, already a crime, manifests itself differently against men than against women. Dejando a un lado aspectos jurídicos, se hace referencia a esas situaciones precisamente por esta distinción en cuanto a su aplicación, destacando también la posición de las mujeres inmigrantes en este marco. Es importante tener en cuenta la interseccionalidad que define precisamente este fenómeno, para atajar las causas de por qué se produce y prevenir sus consecuencias.