Revista de Políticas Públicas (Jan 2016)

PRECARIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO FEMININO: a realidade das mulheres no mundo do trabalho

  • Sara Diniz Nascimento

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This article discusses about the precariousness of female employment in the context of productive capital restructuring. Emphasizes the socio - historical inequalities built between masculine and feminine, the sexual division of labor, and the incidence of this processes on the integration of women in the working world. Highlights the intense process of change in the world of work, based on contemporary forms of production organization, which has created a context where working conditions become increasingly flexible. In this sense, there is an increasing casualization of jobs, evidenced in the instability of jobs in the informal, the subcontracted work and part-time, and even the loss of labor rights and guarantees historically constructed. These changes are reflected heavily on the working class, getting a great weight on entering and working conditions of female segment because it is the women who suffer most from this whole process. Key words: Productive restructuring, precariousness, feminine work. 1 INTRODUÇÃO

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