External event on Enduring Exclusion: Barriers to Pension Rights for Older Haitian Sugarcane Workers in the Dominican Republic

February 19, 2025 | 16:00 h - 17:00 h

Join online for a talk by Micely Díaz Espaillat on Feb 19 @ 10AM EST / 4 PM CET, followed by a Q+A discussion period. This event is co-organized by the Aging in Data project at the ACT Lab and the engAGE Centre for Research on Aging.
 

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Title:

Enduring Exclusion: Barriers to Pension Rights for Older Haitian Sugarcane Workers in the Dominican Republic

Abstract:

Older Haitian sugarcane workers in the Dominican Republic face severe challenges in accessing pensions, despite decades of labor. These challenges stem from systemic violations of labor and documentation rights, reinforced by discriminatory laws and institutional barriers that perpetuate racism and social exclusion. This qualitative study, grounded in social justice perspectives, relies on primary data from interviews with key informants to explore the lived experiences of older sugarcane workers. The findings reveal how bureaucratic inefficiencies and a lack of political will deny these workers their rightful pensions, forcing them to continue working in precarious conditions to survive. The presentation exposes the systemic neglect and structural inequalities that perpetuate human rights violations and calls for transformative reform to confront entrenched marginalization, aiming to restore justice and dignity to older sugarcane workers.

Micely Díaz Espaillat is a social worker who graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). She holds master’s degrees in International Development from the University of Bath (UK) and in International Peace Studies from the University for Peace (Costa Rica). Micely is currently a research associate at the Institute of Social Research for Development (ISD) and a DAAD scholarship recipient, pursuing a Ph.D. in Political and Cultural Change at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn.

More info here: https://agingindata.ca/events/enduring-exclusion-barriers-to-pension-rights-for-older-haitian-sugarcane-workers-in-the-dominican-republic/

 

 

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