Desigualdades de classe, gênero e raça entre trabalhadoras domésticas de Campina Grande-PB

This article aims to analyze class, gender, and race inequalities, as well as to produce knowledge related to the concrete problems of a historically marginalized segment of Brazilian society, given that domestic workers in Brazil are mostly women, black, and invisible in their productive and reproductive activities and in their demands for institutional and social recognition. The methodological approach involved conducting a survey using a virtual questionnaire and face-to-face interviews with a total of 28 participants linked to the Domestic Workers Association of Campina Grande-PB. As a result of the study, we highlight the intensification of working hours, since they need to reconcile paid domestic work with reproductive work of caring for their homes, children, and other family members. In addition, working conditions are marked by various forms of violence, oppression, and humiliation, as well as financial uncertainty and instability, typical characteristics of informal, precarious, and peripheral work.