THE SEARCH FOR FEMALE AUTONOMY THROUGH THE TERESA DE BENGUELA PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF MATO GROSSO

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto Junior, Joelias Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Campos, Silvani Aparecida dos Santos, Binde, João Luis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Prática Docente
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.cfs.ifmt.edu.br:443/periodicos/index.php/rpd/article/view/1237
• topic: Vulnerability; Women; Women's Empowerment; Gender Equality; Income Rising; Vulnerabilidad; Mujeres; Empoderamiento Femenino; Igualdad de Género; Promoción de Ingresos; Vulnerabilidade; Mulheres; Empoderamento Femininino; Igualdade de Gênero; Promoção de Renda

The Teresa de Benguela Program raises the income of women in vulnerable situations through entrepreneurship. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the Program as a supportive public policy, from the point of view of 144 students from courses developed in the Program, over a period of three years, between 2017 and 2019, on IFMT campuses, who carried out projects of Teresa de Benguela. A systematic review was done through the analysis of institutional documents and bibliographies on the themes of female empowerment, income generation and public policies to promote income and overcome situations of vulnerability; and, also, interviews were carried out with students, in which the answers to the questionnaire that evaluated the efficacy, effectiveness and satisfaction with the Program were analyzed. We observed that the participants obtained high satisfaction with the acquired knowledge, with the quality of the professors and with the products and services developed in the course. The Program also demonstrated that it contributed to promoting the empowerment and autonomy of the women attended, as they felt motivated and able to create and apply their knowledge. It was concluded that the Program is effective in transforming women's lives.