Carmen Juares

Carmen Juares Palma (born 1986)

She lives in Catalonia and speaks Catalan. She says that she has more freedom to go out than she did in Honduras but people make assumptions about her. They assume she cannot speak Catalan and men assume that she may be easily persuaded, by money, to have sex. She became the organisation's coordinator. Dolera shared her time at the opening with Juares. Juares thanked Dolera for allowing her to reveal the "invisible". Juares told the crowd about her life as a migrant from Honduras, who had spent six years in Barcelona as a caregiver. Juares had cared for a woman with dementia in conditions that many would regard as slavery. Each week she had twelve or less hours when she wasn't working.

Barcelona council have estimated that there are 34,000 migrants in a similar situation working as live-in carers. Juares was paid 800 euros a month and others report similar figures. This would not be allowed if they were legal workers but their employers do not give them a contract. The carers cannot insist, because they are worried at losing their source of income. Because of their long hours, the workers who are members of Dones Migrant Diverses, communicate primarily via a WhatsApp group.

In 2021, she completed a degree in Social Education at the University of Barcelona