Sep 26
Motherhood Penalties in Latin America: Pondering the Role of Labor Informality
12:00pm - 1:00pm | McNeil 309
Video
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speaker Biographies

<p>Aida Villanueva is a sociologist who studies the intersection of gender inequality, family labor, and women’s employment in Latin America and the United States. In her research, Villanueva takes a cross-national, comparative approach to explore women’s work and the reproduction of gendered disadvantage in labor markets. Her portfolio could be organized under three branches: (1) family labor, (2) precarious employment, and (3) household structure.&nbsp;</p>