Characterization of criadazgo and its implication in the lives of women and men who have experienced it, in the Central department in 2020

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the characteristics of the child servanthood and its implication in the lives of men and women who experienced this practice, from the central department, in the year 2020. It is a qualitative study of descriptive level that used the methodology of life stories since it sought to know the experience of people in their experience as a child servant. From a critical analysis taking into account the many dimensions selected, such as: working conditions, emotional bond and incidence of child servanthood in people’s lives. This work has the aspiration to provide critical knowledge to this problem, which affects thousands of women and men in this country. On the other hand, it seeks to generate inputs to professional work that allows actions based on future interventions in cases of child servanthood. It can be mentioned that, among the main findings, the research shows that the men and women interviewed come from vulnerable or low-income families, or from large families, all of whom went to live in the non-relative’s homes in their childhood. In two of the five cases, were possible to show that child servanthood favors school dropout. All of them, from their diverse experiences, used the capacity of resilience as a way to diminish the experienced in the home of third parties.