EXPLOITATION OR EMPOWERMENT? ADOLESCENT FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS IN UGANDA
EXPLOITATION OR EMPOWERMENT? ADOLESCENT FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS IN UGANDA
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剥削还是赋权？
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2015
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V. Namuggala
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作者：
V. Namuggala
妇女参与公共就业空间的情况随着国内性别等级制度的新模式而出现，特别是在全球南方。童工的新趋势，特别是在家庭领域，对女童产生了负面影响。从一个更大的研究，探讨了雇主和雇员在国内空间的经验，本文探讨了住在青少年女性家庭佣工，通常被称为“房子女孩”，在坎帕拉，乌干达的经验。数据收集使用定性方法，包括个人访谈和生活故事。研究结果揭示了相互矛盾的叙述，指出家庭女孩的赋权和剥削。我采用女权主义交叉方法，重点关注性别、年龄和地点，以追踪家庭女孩的机遇、挑战和动力。以家庭为分析的基本单位，我突出了家庭主妇讲述她们的生活经历和生存策略的声音。我的中心论点是，家庭佣工对在外工作的妇女的有效参与做出了至关重要的贡献。我的结论是，家庭内外工人的可持续赋权取决于家庭层面的变化和转型。
Women’s participation in public employment spaces has emerged with new modes of domestic gender hierarchies, especially in the Global South. A new direction in child labor, especially in the domestic sphere, negatively affects female children. Drawing from a larger study that examined the experiences of employers and employees in domestic spaces, this article examines experiences of live-in adolescent female domestic workers, commonly referred to as “house girls”, in Kampala, Uganda. Data were collected using qualitative methods that included individual interviews and life stories. Study findings reveal competing narratives pointing to both empowerment and exploitation of house girls. Using a feminist intersectional approach, I focus on gender, age, and location to trace the opportunities, challenges, and agency of the house girls. Using the household as the basic unit of analysis, I foreground the voices of house girls as they tell their lived experiences and survival strategies. My central argument is that domestic workers make a crucial contribution to the effective participation of women working outside the home. I conclude that sustainable empowerment of workers, both domestic and outside the home, hinges upon changes and transformations at the household level.