|
Líderes
Campesinas 
Organización en California
de Líderes Campesinas, Inc. (Líderes Campesinas) is
a culmination of decades of work by farmworker women who have been
leaders of grassroots efforts to improve the lives of farmworker
communities throughout California. Líderes Campesinas provides
these leaders and activists with the opportunity to coordinate their
work and to give farmworker women a more effective unified voice.
The group's organizers work throughout the state educating women
farmworkers about pesticides, domestic violence and the AIDS virus.
Through involvement in local, regional and national public hearings
and direct actions, Líderes Campesinas has brought national
and international attention to the plight of farmworker women.
Líderes Campesinas has
taken the lead in providing training for farmworkers on the U.S. Worker
Protection Standards. Over the past few years, the group has held pesticide
training workshops for farmworker women throughout rural California. The
year-long Farmworker Health & Safety Campaign in 1994 provided direct
outreach and education to farmworkers on pesticide safety. Líderes
also provides support for farmworkers who have been poisoned by pesticides
by helping them file reports and finding medical and legal assistance.
The group also coordinates a program
that focuses on preventing domestic violence and sexual assault. Farmworker
women are trained on different ways to respond to domestic violence and
to find solutions to end the cycle of violence. The women who are trained
then return to their communities where they train other farmworker women
in these methods.
In 1997, Líderes launched
the Economic Development Project to work with service providers and community-based
organizations to teach farmworker women new job-related skills so that
they can qualify for permanent jobs at higher wages. Another project trains
farmworker women about AIDs treatment and prevention.
Líderes Campesinas has
15 groups of farmworker women who work in the fields, packing houses,
nurseries and other agricultural work places.
For more information contact:
Líderes Campesinas611
South Rebecca StreetPomona, CA 91766 phone (909) 865-7776; fax (909) 865-8779
email Lideres1@Juno.com
|
Printer-friendly version