Resistência não domesticada: retratos de rebeldia junto à organização de mulheres na luta por moradia

Abstract

Conducted through bibliographic research, the present Final Course Assignment articulates about gender relations and social movements, concerning the patriarchal gender order and women’s insertion in resistance movements and social movements for habitation. Grounded on the dialectical-critical method, it aims to study working women's political organization in social movements for habitation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, recognizing their impact in the collective struggles when facing rights’ inaccessibility. After all, the social, economic and health crisis that erupted with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 unfolded an intensification of social issues’ expressions, among which are gender violence, unemployment, racism, hunger and working class uprising. Investigating how gender relations develop and how urban occupations’ communities are politically and socially constructed is valuable to understand social life in Rio Grande do Sul at the present time. Research course will consist in studying the patriarchal gender order within capitalism’s framework, the social movements’ historical construction and their relationship with Social Work, the ways in which the feminist movement and social movements for habitation meet and intertwine, as well as data collection about working women’s struggles in gaucho territory through journalistic reports published in Rio Grande do Sul between 2016 and 2021, the primary data sources for this research. Thereby, it is intended to aid on the re-oxygenation of debates in Social Work and its related areas, also pointing out possible ways to contribute to women’s organization strengthening.