O protagonismo feminino no gerenciamento dos recursos hídricos na zona rural do município de Poço Redondo - SE

• Autor(a) principal: Faria, Gleisiane Purificação de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/19619
• topic: Sociologia; Recursos hídricos; Liderança em mulheres; Poço Redondo (SE); Papel social; Política pública; Gênero; Habitus; Gender; Female leaders; Public policy; Water resources; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::SOCIOLOGIA

The present research chose as an object of study to analyze “female protagonism” while focusing on the role of women as managers of water resources and dialoguing with issues related to public policies, techniques and strategies for coping with the edaphoclimatic conditions of the semi-arid region, in addition to the configurations of relationships of gender and social roles present in the development model that is being implemented in the semi-arid region. Its main objective is to investigate the importance of women in the management of water resources as inhabitants of the semi-arid region of Sergipe. As a research method, an exploratory qualitative study was carried out, in order to observe how women in the Alto Sertão region of Sergipe perceive themselves when managing water resources during the dry season. After the bibliographical research phase, the field research was carried out with the choice of the municipality of Poço Redondo in Sergipe after a screening process that took into account points such as: considerable presence of women in the communities; women's performance in the management of water resources; and programs and public policies present in the region. For data collection, documentary research, participant observation and interviews were used, from March 17 to December 13, 2022. The research is theoretically supported by Pierre Bourdieu's theory of symbolic violence and symbolic power. Furthermore, feminist and gender theory and discussions about femininity and masculinity were fundamental for understanding the social construction of gender in patriarchal cultures. The analysis of data obtained in the field showed that while they were bound by the obligation to manage water resources, the life of the agents was also bound by patriarchy, conservatism and male domination. Only when public policies for water supply and distribution arrived in the region could women dedicate themselves and invest time in their training and emancipation. An example is that during the research period, it was possible to see the women who are engaged in the activities of the association and cooperatives are married, mothers and free to work outside their homes, however, this "freedom" lacks the partner's endorsement. The female protagonism in the field in which the research was developed has a complex character, since women are all protagonists, however, the dominated habitus is still present, which demonstrates that the change of habitus is slow and difficult.