Escravidão contemporânea e gênero : reflexos da divisão sexual do trabalho frente aos novos contextos de trabalho indigno e possíveis caminhos para alteração do atual cenário

Abstract

The present research seeks to identify how the social constructions of gender relations alter the dynamics of contemporary slave labor, whose objective will be to indicate the nuances in the Brazilian and Latin American context resulting from the sexual and social division of labor, in addition to the slave and racist history. To this end, it is intended to analyze the object of this study, which is the sexual division of labor as a social fact and its applicability to the slave labor of women, as well as the responses that the public power has implemented not only in the fight against contemporary slave labor, but also in the understanding of social phenomena from a gender perspective. Firstly, the research focuses on addressing the current reality of slave labor in Brazil, its historical origins, international and domestic law regulations dealing with the subject and the profile of the enslaved worker. In addition, the research aims to uncover the causes of the invisibility of the work historically performed by women, especially in patriarchal and post-colonial contexts, such as Brazil, based on the conception of sexual division of labor, also aiming to trace the profile of enslaved women today. Subsequently, the position of the Judiciary will be analyzed in relation to the analysis of cases from a gender perspective and how this State Institution has acted to guarantee gender equity in the analysis and judgment of actions with a view to guaranteeing women's rights. To achieve the intended objectives, the methodology used for this purpose was deductive, with a qualitative approach and as technical procedures, bibliographic and documentary research were used. With the realization of the research, it could be verified the existence of a hidden figure in the cataloging of women victims of contemporary slave labor, largely due to the very invisibilization of female labor and the precariousness of the sectors that most employ women. In addition, the Superior Labour Court and the Superior Court of Justice have not addressed cases involving slave labour, analyzing them from a gender perspective, but there is an effort in the Judiciary for the justice system to begin to resort to such a hermeneutical resource. Regarding possible interventions, it cannot be forgotten that public policies aimed at eradicating poverty, illiteracy and valuing decent work play an important role, but some mechanisms such as the intersectional analysis of rescued victims are an important analytical resource in the effective eradication of contemporary slave labor. Education for human rights from a feminist perspective and as a liberating practice tends to promote collective awareness of the points highlighted above, as well as to promote structural and structural changes in society.