abstract: 'Domestic labour has been historically undervalued. This article focuses

  on organizations of women who perform this activity - housewives and

  paid domestic workers - and their demands for recognition and rights,

  arguing that despite their shared interests, there are differences that

  interrupt their common experiences and add tension to their

  interactions. Drawing on interviews and participant observations, this

  article analyses the relationship between paid domestic workers'' and

  housewives'' organizations in Uruguay and Paraguay, highlighting social

  divisions around the distribution of domestic labour and discussing how

  the articulation of differences can lead either to further reproducing

  inequalities between these groups, or to contesting and overcoming them.

  The contrast between the cases shows how `racialized'' contexts use

  ethnic differences to naturalize the undervaluing of domestic workers,

  overlooking similarities and hindering collaboration between groups.'
affiliation: 'Scheffer, RR (Corresponding Author), Free Univ Berlin, Rudesheimer Str
  54-57, D-14197 Berlin, Germany.

  Scheffer, Raquel Rojas, Free Univ Berlin, Rudesheimer Str 54-57, D-14197 Berlin,
  Germany.'
article-number: 0011392120969763
author: Scheffer, Raquel Rojas
author-email: raquelrojasscheffer@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Scheffer
  given: Raquel Rojas
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0011392120969763
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2020
eissn: 1461-7064
files: []
issn: 0011-3921
journal: CURRENT SOCIOLOGY
keywords: 'Cross-organizational collaboration; domestic work; entangled

  inequalities; racialization; women\&\#8217; s social movements'
keywords-plus: PARTICIPATION
language: English
month: OCT
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '54'
orcid-numbers: Rojas, Raquel/0000-0002-4605-3672
pages: 843-860
papis_id: 5198aff589e1e5e06fc4035df837c9f0
ref: Scheffer2021samework
times-cited: '0'
title: Same work, same value? Paid domestic workers' and housewives' struggles for
  rights in Uruguay and Paraguay
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000600167100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '69'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2021'