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El Salvador: working for women's rights in factories

Women working in El Salvador's tax-free factories are facing massive job losses, working for low pay and subjected to routine intimidation and harassment, said Jeannette Urquilla of the Organization for Salvadorean Women for Peace.

 

Female workers in El Salvador face significant problems and lack the resources needed to take control of their own livelihoods. Jeanette Urquila describes how The Organization for Salvadoran Women and Oxfam Canada help them women overcome barriers to legal, medical and social assistance, and provides the means of ensuring their equitable treatment in the workplace and the home.