TRABALHO INFANTIL DOMÉSTICO EXERCIDO EM CONDIÇÕES ANÁLOGAS AO DE ESCRAVO

UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA SOBRE AS RODAS DE CONVERSAS COM MULHERES NO MUNIÍCIO DE BELÉM DO PARÁ

Abstract

The present work aims to report on the experiences of two rights education actions, promoted by "Women in Movement" project and carried out in two civil society organizations in the neighborhood of Bengui, located in the municipality of Belém-PA, in 2023. The topic addressed in the actions dealt with human trafficking and slave-like work, presented in a conversation format, with an expository and participatory methodology for an audience mostly made up of women. The discussions results point to the social vulnerability to which these women were exposed early in their lives, due to migration from the interior to the state capital with the intermediaries' promise of opportunities to study, in exchange for working as maids and receiving food and housing. However, in addition to this practice being configured as domestic child labor, it was also verified they were in working conditions similar to slavery. We concluded that these crimes are naturalized by society due to the slavery and servile heritage of Brazil's socio-historical formation. Children and adolescents are more exposed to these crimes due to the invisibility they are subjected to, the private nature of domestic work and the transversality of class oppression, gender and race. Therefore, rights education has a fundamental contribution to combating these criminal practices, as it allows access to quality information, social training, critical reflection and denunciation of this reality.