A study by the United Nations (UN) pointed out that there is greater difficulty in inserting refugee women, who arrive through Roraima, into the job market in Brazil.
THE CNN Radio the expert on economic empowerment at UN Women, Flavia Muniz, highlighted that the process of “interiorization” in Brazilian territory, with the distribution of those arriving through other states, “works well.”
Since 2018, more than 78 thousand people have been internalized to more than 800 municipalities in all regions of the country.
“There is an increase in access to employment and income, but we observe marked differences between Venezuelan men and women,” he said.
According to the expert, female participation in this access to socioeconomic reintegration “is considerably lower.”
Among men this share is 96%, while among women it is 76%.
Flavia attributes this difference to the idea that women are “the only and main caregivers”, whether children, elderly people or household chores.
“How will this woman access work and entrepreneurship opportunities, and contribute economically to society, if there is this idea that she cannot share functions?”, she asked.
For this reason, refugees end up underutilized – at a level 3.5 times higher than men – and have greater difficulty in learning the Portuguese language, for example.
This ends up causing an increase in the number of women without independence: “The consequence of taking away financial autonomy is to increase the risk of violence against this woman, there is a correlation between economic empowerment and exiting cycles of violence.”
According to the expert, a “multi-sectoral response to these questions” is needed: “Public power has fundamental power, as well as the private sector, each of us has a role in the integration of Venezuelans, and refugees in general”.
Flavia defends that the public authorities act with robust data on refugees to combat the problem in a personalized way.
*With production by Bel Campos
Source: CNN Brasil
