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Women and Work in Uruguayan Prisons

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No. 22 (2024): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2024.77319

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the meanings of work in women deprived of liberty, with a focus on human rights and gender perspective, to visualize the potential gap between the enshrined right and the enjoyed right in the lives of these women in Uruguay. The study conducted in 2022 includes database analysis, interviews, and workshops with photo-elicitation. The results show three approaches: a typology of the jobs, the nature of such work, and some meanings found in relation to the lives of women. Some of the conclusions affirm that the work offered in female prisons reflects significant gender and class inequalities, which are exacerbated by the increasing incarceration without being accompanied by any public labor policy.

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work, women, prisons, Uruguay

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Andrea Cantarelli Amacoria, Universitat Barcelona

Doctoranda en el Programa de doctorado en Estudios de Género: Culturas, Sociedades y Políticas Universitat Barcelona (Coordinadora), Magíster en Educación, Política y Sociedad FLACSO. Uruguay. Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de la República, Docente de Políticas Sociales y Educativas en el Consejo de Formación en Educación

Elisabet Almeda Samaranch, Universitat Barcelona

Catedrática de Sociología, Departament de Sociologia Universitat de Barcelona

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Cantarelli Amacoria, A., & Almeda Samaranch, E. (2025). Women and Work in Uruguayan Prisons. Revista Punto Género, (22), pp. 381–412. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2024.77319
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