"A mí me gustaría pero en mis condiciones no puedo": maternidad, discriminación y exclusión en el mercado laboral colombiano

Abstract

This article proposes a critical reading of the design of maternity protection focused on the protection of working mothers. It also presents evidence of the adverse effects this has due to the ineffectiveness of the anti-discrimination norms in the employment hiring procedures. Additionally, and through fieldwork with workers and employers of the garment manufacturing sector in Colombia, it provides evidence of the anti-maternal and anti-caring practices that characterize some sectors of formal work in the country and that end up excluding female workers who are mothers or who have care responsibilities.