El papel del tercer sector de la región fronteriza hispano-marroquí en la situación de las mujeres porteadoras

‘Carrier’ are Moroccan women who work in Ceuta carrying bales of 50 kilos between the two sides of the Spanish-Moroccan border of Ceuta. This work is carried out by women porters in exchange for a small economic commission for the displacement carried out and the activity carried out. The porters develop their work activity in very poor conditions where their human rights are systematically violated, while the rest of the agents involved in the atypical trade obtain important economic benefits with this activity. The methodology that has been followed in this investigation has been the participant observation and the in-depth interview with the social agents and carrier women; while the technique of data analysis has been the Grounded Theory. The results of the investigation show the tendency that although the third sector - unions, associations, collectives - is motivated to intervene in the situation of porters, they do not find the appropriate methods or actions to dignify the situation of women porters in the Spanish-Moroccan border.