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Domestic workers from Côte d’Ivoire who are victims of trafficking in Tunisia, garbage collectors in the suburbs of Damascus, informal workers in Morocco and Algeria, immigrant women in France who do not benefit from local French laws…
Even in vulnerability and economic, social, and legal marginalization, women are not equal to men. But this doesn’t include their fighting spirit and their astounding capacity to resist and revive themselves. Because women, in fighting for their survival and that of their children, manage to address injustice head-on.
In Spain, domestic workers have succeeded in getting their fundamental rights recognized, and their struggles have significantly furthered the Spanish feminist movement. Women victims of violence in Italy have undergone a similar journey of emancipation, taking their destiny back into their own hands by setting up businesses with property confiscated from the mafia.
These bonds of sisterhood between women push them to organize collectively and create a multitude of solidarity networks dedicated to their professional integration.
Explore the different facets of this issue in this dossier, which covers the extreme realities but also the struggle and resistance of women living at the margins, from one shore of the Mediterranean to another.
