P o i n t - Feminization of Migration in Latin America: Domestic Workers

disminución de los costos de trans- ficada femenina (brain drain), a lo In light of the diverse conflicts porte que ha permitido el aumento que se asiste es a una fuga de cui- and problems facing the migrant de la migración de nuevos grupos, dado (care drain): un modelo don- population, women in particular, y la demanda de trabajo flexible de- de la fuerza de trabajo femenina y political will is n. [...] In the field of labour migration, The successive crises in the region we have seen positive steps in recent have also slowed down advances in years towards de jure recognition the regulation of migratory flows, of the rights to non-discrimination forfeiting new opportunities for and protection of migrant work- legal migration and creating new, ers and their families. [...] This bureaucracy and the money stands pattern may well be the strongest ar- 15 FOCALPoint: Canada’s Spotlight on the Americas The Case of Domestic Workers in Costa Rica Berta Fernández Alfaro and Rosita Acosta The global crisis is already cent of Nicaraguan origin) and em- port real wages to the Costa Rican having an impact on the ployers in the middle-class Montes Social Security Board); general. [...] The purpose of the study is to ment services provided by the Min- tion of jobs, as well as in terms of la- utilize the results to draft informa- istry of Labour); and both groups’ bour exploitation or lack of protec- tive brochures on both parties’ rights perception of the lack of protection tion for domestic workers. [...] In the face of the lack of employ- indicated that there is widespread In light of the possible passing ment in construction and tourism ignorance of labour rights or little of a bill to reform Chapter 8 of the in Nicaragua and current inflation, effort made to uphold them.