Domestic Workers in Brazil: Their Fight for Labor Rights and Equality (with subtitles)

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Make sure to go to the settings and activate English subtitles! ------- Marilisa wakes up very early in the morning, prepares breakfast, leaves her sleeping children behind, and heads to work. For 54 years, Djanira has been tidying, cleaning, washing, and cooking in a house that isn't hers. Creusa has been working to support her household since she was a child. Feeling the injustice of the treatment given to domestic workers, she begins to fight for their rights. Three individual stories, yet so common to the daily lives of over 8 million domestic workers in Brazil. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00 – Introduction ▷ 00:25 – Creusa Oliveira ▷ 01:16 – Marilisa Bier ▷ 02:56 – Djanira Correa ▷ 04:48 – Domestic Workers Movement, Constitutional Amendment PEC 72, and Law 150/2015 ▷ 12:10 – Dreams of Retirement ▷ 14:00 – Domestic Work: Building Equality in Brazil ▷ 14:21 – Credits #documentary #brazil #domesticworkers #labourrights #equality #UNWomen #justice ------- Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: https://goo.gl/5Sp36B Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- This video is part of the project "Domestic Work: Building Equality in Brazil", a partnership between UN Women, the United Nations Fund for Gender Equality, THEMIS - Gender, Justice and Human Rights, and FUNDO ELAS. The main goal of the project was to strengthen domestic workers' unions and promote, at a national level, the new labor rights of this professional category. Original Title: Domésticas (Domestic Workers) Director: Felipe Diniz Executive Producer: Ana Luiza Azevedo 2016 © Licenced by Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre ------- Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoDOCS: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoDOCS ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoCOOK Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.