Kuñangue Aty Guasu: ecoando as vozes das mulheres Guarani e Kaiowá em Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to reflect on how and in which aspects the Kuñangue Aty Guasu – Great Assembly of Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous women, in Mato Grosso do Sul – has contributed to the realization of their rights and specificities. Therefore, the role of this articulation in the construction of a democratic legal order will be pointed out, through an anti-Eurocentric approach, in order to weave a position that talks about a new way of understanding the intersections between race and gender and their implications in the legal, political and social environment. In this sense, it is emphasized that the present research is based on theory and decolonial studies. Based on these assumptions, the question is, initially, what is the struggle of Guarani and Kaiowá women in Mato Grosso do Sul regarding the protection of their rights and interests? The problems of the present study, in turn, are based on the following questions: a) Are there experiences of collectivities, structured actions, associations of indigenous women in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul that seek to establish their own voice? b) What is the struggle of the Guarani and Kaiowá women in Mato Grosso do Sul and the main demands made before society and the State? There are hypotheses to be sought: a) the Brazilian State has not satisfactorily attended to the interests of Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous women in Mato Grosso do Sul, especially with regard to territorial rights; b) The Kuñangue Aty Guasu – Great Assembly of Guarani and Kaiowá Women, plays a prominent role in the fight for their rights, serving as an instrument of social change for these minorities and; c) the performance of Guarani and Kaiowá women in Kuñangue Aty Guasu can be understood through a decolonial approach. The theoretical framework used is based on the thoughts of Aníbal Quijano, Maria Lugones, Lorena Cabnal, Antonio Brand, Lauriene Seraguza, among others. The analysis method is mostly qualitative and its main source is the reports and other events held by Kuñangue Aty Guasu, after a bibliographical review in Guarani ethnology with a focus on women. The general conclusions of the work. Thus, understanding how the indifference of the Brazilian State in relation to the various forms of violence and discrimination suffered by indigenous women is constructed constitutes an essential step in the struggle for liberation and for overcoming the barriers imposed against these minorities due to the coloniality of power and of gender coloniality.