a woman reaching up to hang clothes

Brazil’s vulnerable domestic workers cannot afford to get sick

Millions of domestic workers care for families across Latin America. But who will care for them during the pandemic?

Unemployed domestic worker Ailde de Oliveira Dourado hangs her family’s clothes out in the alley. She lost her job as a cleaner because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Photograph by Gui Christ, National Geographic

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