About
Yasmin Getirana holds a B.Sc. in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO) and a M.Sc. in Social History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Her master's thesis was prized as the best one defended in the Social History Department of UFRJ in 2023 and was published as a book in early 2024 under the title "Na casa e na causa: A organização sindical das trabalhadoras domésticas (Rio de Janeiro, 1961-1973)". Written in Portuguese, it delves into the creation and functioning of the first professional association of domestic workers in Rio de Janeiro during Brazil's military dictatorship, as well as their struggle for recognition and labour rights.
Her main topics of interest are Social Labour History, specially its relations to gender, race, religion and urban studies. She is a member of the Laboratory for the Study of the History of the Worlds of Labour (LEHMT/UFRJ), aiding in the production and diffusion of Public History regarding work and workers, and has also written and directed two short archival documentaries.
PhD Title: "The organisation of domestic workers in Brazil and Colombia through the Young Christian Workers movement, 1956-1988".
For her PhD, Yasmin will research organised female domestic workers in the transnational Catholic movement Young Christian Workers in Brazil and Colombia. Awarded an AHRC LAHP Studentship, she is supervised by Dr Anna Cant and co-supervised by Dr Tanya Harmer at the International History Department at LSE.
PhD Supervisors: Dr Anna Cant and Dr Tanya Harmer
Expertise
Social and Labour History, Latin America, Gender History, Urban Studies
Engagement and impact
2026
Yasmin Getirana (PhD candidate) has received a glowing review in the latest issue of Mundos do Trabalho for her monograph
Yasmin's work, entitled 'Na casa e na causa: A associação sindical de trabalhadoras domésticas (Rio de Janeiro, 1961-1973)' (Editora Telha, 2023) was reviewed by Dr Cassie Osei (Bucknell University) in the latest issue of Mundos do Trabalho (volume 18, 2026), the main Brazilian journal of labour history.
You can read the review (in English) HERE
Yasmin Getirana receives honourable mention in the Graduate Student category of the 2025 Best Paper Competition of the LASA Labour Section (Latin American Studies Association)
We congratulate Yasmin Getirana, a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of International History, who has received an honourable mention in the Graduate Student category of the 2025 Best Paper Competition of the LASA Labour Section (Latin American Studies Association).
The recognised piece, 'Organized domestic workers' struggles in Brazil (1960s and 1980s),' is a book chapter submitted for an edited volume on Brazilian labour history, forthcoming with De Gruyter, and draws on her monograph 'Na casa e na causa: A associação sindical de trabalhadoras domésticas (Rio de Janeiro, 1961–1973)', (Editora Telha, 2023).