Trabalho e poder de decisão das mulheres camponesas nos assentamentos de Corumbá e Ladário/MS

Abstract

The work developed by peasant women in rural agrarian reform settlements in the municipalities of Corumbá and Ladário in Mato Grosso do Sul has a productive and / or reproductive meaning that articulates unequally and contradictorily among themselves. The productive work developed through the production tasks in the lot, and the reproductive work developed through the domestic tasks and care with the family, influence the lived relations and the decision power of the women in the family space as well as unfold in the life outside the environment family. The seven settlements in the municipalities of Corumbá and one in the municipality of Ladário were studied. In order to meet the research objectives, 42 interviews were conducted with women from the settlements studied, as well as a bibliographical survey, a documentary survey, visits to Incra, Agraer, to the free fairs of Corumbá. After analyzing and interpreting data, it was evident that peasant women have decision-making power within the lot, that the lived power relations, related to the gender relation, in the lots, provide companionship in the development of productive and reproductive work. These women do not have political participation, but actively participate in sales and have decision-making power over them.