Program Building a Labor Rights Agenda for Women

This Program has been designed by an international consortium comprised of FMS, Alquimia (Women’s Fund in Chile), Semillas (Mexican asociation Society for Women’s Rights) y FCAM (Central American Women’s Fund, in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras), junto a las organizaciones Confederación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Trabajadoras del Hogar -CONLACTRAHO(Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Domestic Workers), RED Centroamericana de Mujeres en Solidaridad con las Trabajadoras de las Maquilas-Red CAM (Central American Women's Network in Solidarity with Maquila Female Workers), Movimiento de Mujeres María Elena Cuadra -MEC y Red de Solidaria la Maquila-RSM (Women’s Movement and the Maquila Solidarity Network).

The Program binds together domestic, maquila and Needlework female workers throughout South and Central America. These jobs are characterized by a high share of female workers, high levels of informality and low wages.