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A victory of the agrarian workers?, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The most critical problem in the labor markets in our country, agricultural or in other sectors, is informality. Policies that want to favor workers should focus on this problem.” The new op-ed of our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo for El Comercio addresses the repealed labor regime of the Agrarian Promotion Law.
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Lorena Alcázar joined a REDES podcast about the drama of the “ninis” in Peru
“The vulnerability of young people in the context of a pandemic is usually associated only with the ‘NEETs’, but in reality the problem is more complex and heterogeneous. There are almost a third of women who, in most cases, are dedicated to maternity or domestic work “. Our senior researcher Lorena Alcazar joined the fifth episode of ‘Hablemos […]
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Eduardo Zegarra explains in RPP Noticias the labor conditions of agro-export workers
“The labor part of the Agrarian Promotion Law does not create a specific type of contract for the agricultural sector. Firms use the general regime in the form of temporary employment, but what this law does is to degrade some basic rights of workers in the use of these temporary contracts. For example, CTS, bonuses and […]
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Wilson Hernández shares his opinion in El Comercio about the police reform: lay the foundations and propose a plan
What this government will do is lay the foundations for the police reform and propose a work plan for a commission to execute it as of July 28, 2021. But in these months of the transitional government, progress can be made on important issues”. According to our adjunct researcher, Wilson Hernández, these issues are three: improving the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion in AgroNoticias about food imports
“There is a total abandonment of the protection of national production. It is a trend of the last 30 years of successive governments, which have favored the importation of subsidized food and unprotected our agriculture, and that is passing bills. That is why we have very high agrarian poverty rates”. Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at […]
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Sagasti’s administration and the agrarian agenda in the pandemic, by Eduardo Zegarra
“It is no small thing that the new government administration must face in the midst of a pandemic. […] Peruvian agriculture deserves a change of course now, with a vision of development and attention to the needs of our more than two million family farmers For the good of the country, we hope and hope […]
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Wilson Hernández in RPP Noticias: survey reveals that 30% of victims noticed the first sign of violence in the first year of romantic relationship
Wilson Hernández, adjunct researcher at GRADE, spoke in RPP Noticias about the findings of a survey conducted among women victims of intimate partner violence. This study indicates that 30% of the victims noticed the first sign of violence in the first year of romantic relationship. While another 30% perceived violence in the second year.
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Isabel Gonzáles in Ojo Público: “There is no updated register of artisanal fishermen”
“There is no updated register of artisanal fishermen,” said Isabel Gonzáles, assistant researcher at GRADE and member of the Humboldt Tipping project, in a dialogue between OjoPúblico and Oceana on the challenges of the fishing sector with a view to the Bicentennial. The verification team of the research medium reviewed this statement and confirmed that […]
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“Not all aggressors and not all victims are the same”. Wilson Hernández joins REDES and RPP podcast on violence against women
“Not all aggressors and not all victims are the same. They are different in the frequency and severity of the attacks. Let’s discuss two patterns of victimization. One in which women suffer a lot of physical, psychological and sexual aggression, and are subjected to aggression in the last 12 months. This is 9% of women […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in RPP Noticias: Young people face informality and unemployment in the labor market
“It is very difficult to think of a mechanism to cover these episodes of high unemployment, precarious or informal labor insertion, because we do not have well-established social protection systems that do not depend on employment status.” Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo spoke with the journalist Patricia del Río of Radio Programa del Perú Noticias about […]
