Working Conditions of Female Temporary Workers in Agriculture: Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Regional Perspectives
In collaboration with ECLAC and ILO, FAO conducted a regional study between 2009 and 2011 on Labour Market Policies and Rural Poverty. In many ways, it was a pioneering study in Latin America and the Caribbean, since concern for rural employment -both in academic and political spheres- has been extremely scarce in the region and research on its link to rural poverty is virtually non-existent.
Therefore, the FAO Regional Office set out to further study the working conditions of female temporary workers in agriculture and how this relates to poverty. For this purpose, three studies were conducted in the lemon and tobacco labour markets in Argentina, the table grape and mango markets in Brazil and the export fruit market in the Central Valley of Chile.
Together with ECLAC, ILO and UN WOMEN, FAO invites you to read and discuss the conclusions and recommendations of these studies within the field of public policy.
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- Thursday, 19 January
- The labour market and rural poverty
- Who are the female temporary workers and where do they work?
- The quality of temporary employment for women in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: salaries, types of contract and social security
- Labour market and gender policies and institutions
- Friday, 20 January
- Conclusions and recommendations: An agenda for future work
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