Sustainable development goals and care work: the case of community mothers in Colombia

En este artículo se pretende mostrar algunas consideraciones respecto al trabajo de cuidados y la importancia de su reconocimiento como una labor que le aporta al sistema productivo. Esto, con el fin de visibilizar a muchas mujeres que se dedican a estas actividades y que, sin embargo, no gozan de prestaciones laborales o sociales que les permita tener autonomía económica, perpetuando las brechas de desigualdad que existen entre los géneros. Es por esto que en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, han sido contemplados los trabajos domésticos y de cuidados, como una meta elemental para alcanzar la igualdad entre los géneros. No obstante, existen casos puntuales como las Madres Comunitarias, quienes ejercen labores de cuidados, pero se les ha desconocido sus derechos laborales, invisibilizando su labor y desmejorando las condiciones que permiten alcanzar las metas establecidas de los Objetivos de la Agenda 2030.The intention of this article is to show some considerations in regard to domestic and care taking jobs, as well as the recognition of their importance as a task that contributes to the productive system. That effort, with the intention of making many women that are engaged in this activities visible, and, nevertheless don’t receive employment and social benefits that allows them to have economic independence, thus perpetuating the wage gap between genders. This is why, in the Sustainable Development Goals, care and domestic works have been taken into account as an elementary aim to reach gender equality. However, there are isolated cases, such as the Community Mothers, who exercise caring labor, but have been deprived of their working rights, making their efforts invisible and deteriorating their working conditions and impeding them to reach the goals established by the 2030 Agenda