TY - JOUR
T1 - Assets in intrahousehold bargaining among women workers in Colombia's cut-flower industry
AU - Friedemann-Sánchez, Greta
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Drawing on ethnographic and survey data, this article examines the diverse ways in which land and home ownership, wage income, and social capital combine to structure the alternatives of women workers in the cut-flower industry of rural Colombia. Most of these workers live in traditional male-dominated households where domestic abuse is prevalent. Data showing rates of property ownership by gender are presented, and the barriers and facilitators to property ownership by gender among agricultural wage-workers are analyzed. Property ownership is acquired largely through inheritance or purchase, which is influenced by social capital and the historical nature of relationships with large landowners. Women's household bargaining strategies rely on a combination of assets: kin networks; labor-related networks; and physical, financial, and individual assets. The author argues that the social capital of individuals, including their labor, kin, and solidarity networks, is key to an understanding of both property acquisition and intrahousehold bargaining processes.
AB - Drawing on ethnographic and survey data, this article examines the diverse ways in which land and home ownership, wage income, and social capital combine to structure the alternatives of women workers in the cut-flower industry of rural Colombia. Most of these workers live in traditional male-dominated households where domestic abuse is prevalent. Data showing rates of property ownership by gender are presented, and the barriers and facilitators to property ownership by gender among agricultural wage-workers are analyzed. Property ownership is acquired largely through inheritance or purchase, which is influenced by social capital and the historical nature of relationships with large landowners. Women's household bargaining strategies rely on a combination of assets: kin networks; labor-related networks; and physical, financial, and individual assets. The author argues that the social capital of individuals, including their labor, kin, and solidarity networks, is key to an understanding of both property acquisition and intrahousehold bargaining processes.
KW - Agricultural labor
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Non-traditional exports
KW - Property
KW - Rural Colombia
KW - Social capital
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U2 - 10.1080/13545700500508551
DO - 10.1080/13545700500508551
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645780870
SN - 1354-5701
VL - 12
SP - 247
EP - 269
JO - Feminist Economics
JF - Feminist Economics
IS - 1-2
ER -