Life stories of Sem Terra women

The Sexual Division of Labour in Agroecology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3095261
AutoresCristiane Coradin (0000-0001-5152-2966, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Brazil), Sônia Fátima Schwendler (0000-0002-7098-3239, Universidade Federal do Paraná)
Ano2023
Volume31
Fascículo2
Data de publicação2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista Estudos Feministas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0104-026X • E-ISSN: 1806-9584
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1806-9584-2023v31n283307-en
OpenAlexW4385169535
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas6

In this article, we analyse the sexual division of labour in the agroecological work of women living in Agrarian Reform territories in Paraná. Research data point to women's increased autonomy, 'agency' and active subjectivity. However, we identified the persistence of patriarchal sexual divisions of labour. This leads to longer working days and exhaustion of women's bodies. In addition, we identified reduced socio-political organization and migration to the realm of agroecological production and trading. These inequalities are reduced by generational factors, schooling, gender education, and countryside-city transience. Given this scenario, the feminist demand for an egalitarian sexual division of labour is relevant in the political struggle for gender, land, agroecology and decoloniality

Agency (philosophy · Agrarian reform · Agrarian society · Agriculture · Agroecology · Autonomy · Division of labour · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Rural Development and Agriculture