Mulheres do campo: entre sonhos e realidades

Abstract

The research was conducted in the settlement Eldorado II, located in the municipality of Sidrolândia. The settlement was established in December 27, 2005, benefiting 790 families and belongs to a complex made up of four settlements from the Eldorado ranch expropriation which together add up to an area of 28 500 hectares, it is: Alambari, Eldorado I , Eldorado II and Eldorado Part. In order to enable women as protagonists, whose job on the ground and / or outside, it sets up a foundation in family arrangements, to remain in the settlement allowed the use of some methodological techniques, such as the construction of field notes, through participant observation and the use of the recorder to conduct structured interviews. They were interviewed six women between 32 and 61 years with transience history 2-12 years of living in camps in the struggle for agrarian reform. They are women who produce in lots, job outside the home, go to school, educate daughters and sons, and deal with the ambiguities of life in rural settlements. Women nesting Eldorado II showed that his greatest battle flag is the resistance in the face of obstacles of life they are continuing the struggle for permanence on the lot, recognition while working rural, and toward the realization of your dreams arquitetam plans on a daily burdened with challenges and protagonists of stories of freedom and achievements.