Immigrant women’s occupational struggles during the socioeconomic crisis in Spain: Broadening occupational justice conceptualization

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Table 1. Inclusion criteria

Criteria	Rationale
Female	Gender
From Latin America	Ethnicity
Is or was engaged in domestic employment, or searching for employment in domestic service	Class
Has asked for support from social services or other social caring entities	Indicator of a vulnerable situation that challenged well-being and occupational rights

Table 2. Summary and examples of the techniques used in the study

Technique	Examples of questions
Group discussion (GD) and	If we had to write a book about the daily life of a woman who immigrated from Latin America to Spain and works or has worked in domestic service, what should we include? How would you describe what a woman in this situation does in a week? What other things does she do in her daily life?
Interview (I)
Personal diary (D)	We would like to know what you do and how you feel on a regular weekday and on a weekend day?
Metaplan (M)	What are the difficulties that we, who migrated from Latin America to Spain, face in our daily lives?

Table 3. Metaplan results, first part

Daily Challenges to Overcome
Theme	Priorities(number of stickers)
Employment difficulties and few resources	10
Emotional difficulties	5
Language problems, lack of knowledge of context	3
Racism	0
Acceptance	0
Uncertainty	0

Table 4. Metaplan results, second part

Possible Formula to Improve Daily Living
Prioritized challenges	Achievable	Difficult
Employment difficulties and few resources	Personalized itineraries by social care professionals Volunteers to track support programs and plans Protected jobs in each municipality	The municipality shall employ single mothers, parents with difficulties Training programs for employment and self-employment from municipalities
Emotional difficulties	Improve access to information and communication Technologies to connect with all, with family and other	Own folk activities Spanish-Latino conversation spaces
Language problems, lack of knowledge of context	Volunteers informally teaching	Galician language courses: better access and more quantity