Posts Tagged ‘Derecho al trabajo’
The towns in Santa Marta’s ciénaga are not fiction
The people from the palafitic communities of the Cienaga Grande of Santa Marta are claiming their rights to food and water from the Colombian justice system, after years of living in the midst of one of the country’s worst environmental tragedies.
Read MoreFisherfolk file a tutela to save Santa Marta’s Ciénaga Grande
The environmental crisis of this ecosystem, which has caused massive fish deaths, inspired a group of citizens to engage in a judicial battle to claim the protection of their right to a healthy environment, decent life, and work.
Read MoreWe presented a tutela in defense of the Great Ciénaga of Santa Marta
On November 10th, we presented a tutela action regarding the environmental degradation situation that affects the Great Ciénaga of Santa Marta. The ciénaga is a strategic ecosystem composed by a collection of lakes and wetlands, declared Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and protected by the RAMSAR Convention.
Read MoreDomestic Work’s Value
When I arrived in Bogotá one of the things that most impressed me the most was that every house I visited was so clean and organized it looked like something out of a magazine catalog.
Read MoreBetween Stereotypes: Labor Trajectories for Men and Women in Colombia
This document explores the labor trajectories of men and women. It finds that strategic decisions, as well as formal and informal labor market norms, are based on images, stereotypes and ideas about gender that leads to a division of labor by gender.
Read MoreIntervention in the law of employment formalization and creation
Dejusticia intervened before the Constitutional Court arguing that challenged law, part of the Law of Employment Formalization, should be interpreted to mean that any employees responsible for programmatic and permanent activities in private and public entities must hired via employment contract.
Read MoreExpanding the Economic Canon and Searching for Alternatives to Neoliberal Globalization
This introductory chapter theorizes and documents the diverse initiatives of supportive economy and working transnational mobilization that promises of counterhegemonic globalization.
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