Relações de gênero e empoderamento feminino nas organizações camponesas sob a perspectiva comunitarista : uma análise no movimento dos pequenos agricultores do Vale do Rio Pardo.

Abstract

The theme of this work are gender relations and women's empowerment process in the Small Farmers Movement (Movimento dos Pequenos Agricultores - MPA) in the Vale do Rio Pardo, in the period 2015-2019, under a communitarian perspective. The research problem is: what are the characteristics of gender relations in the Vale do Rio Pardo Small Farmers Movement, RS, and the means used by the Movement to empower women and overcome the patriarchal culture historically prevalent in rural communities in this region? The hypothesis tested is that MPA is characterized by more egalitarian gender relations than those that are common in the rural communities of the region and develops various actions of female empowerment proposed by the women's collective and the occupation of leadership spaces inside and outside of the movement. With the general objective of investigating the characteristics of gender relations in MPA of Vale do Rio Pardo, RS, and the means for women's empowerment, the work has the following specific objectives: to investigate the link between gender issues and the processes of reproduction / transformation within the community, focusing on rural communities of the Vale do Rio Pardo, from a communitarian perspective; to expose the constitutional and legal foundations of gender equality and the struggles for the emancipation of women in contemporary Brazil; and to identify the forms and mechanisms of empowerment and construction of gender equality in the MPA. The approach method is the inductive and the method of procedure is the monographic, with bibliographic, documentary and interviews. The study notes the Movement's concern with gender equality and that the main actions in favor of women's emancipation (expression preferred by the Movement) are promoted by the women's collective