Migrações femininas e a exploração do trabalho doméstico: a vulnerabilidade das imigrantes do Norte da América Central e do México nos Estados Unidos

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the specificities of the female experience of labor immigration in order to highlight the contribution of gender studies to the field of migration studies. The text will present a bibliographic review on international migration flows through a gender perspective, systematizing the concepts of feminization of migration and sexual division of labor in order to expose the international articulation of the exploitation of domestic labor of women from the countries of northern Central America (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala) and Mexico who migrate to the United States in search of better living conditions. Thus, a discussion will be presented on the motivations and challenges of immigrants from the Northern Triangle of Central America and Mexico, as well as the vulnerabilities they face when crossing borders and when settling in the United States