Triple female presence around the works: Women from popular sectors, political participation and life sustainability

Abstract

This article analyzes the experiences of women who are members of popular neighborhood organizations in relation to work. To do this, we start by reconstructing the living conditions of working women, from popular sectors and racialized in the Argentine outskirts, taking into account, among other elements, the State proposal of social and labor-related policies for this sector. To address women's labor experiences, the contributions of Feminist Economy to broaden work as a category are resumed, putting life sustainability at the center. From this perspective, all the work carried out by women is regarded as a care or reproductive and community continuum, which intertwines various paid jobs, in order to provide for their individual and family living expenses. By analyzing the daily female experience as a whole and their uses of time in their various working areas, we discuss the relevance of the idea of working hours; we assume, instead, the greater usefulness of the concept of double female presence; and we claim the existence of a triple presence for militant women.