O coletivo de mulheres do assentamento Cristina Alves em Itapecuru-Mirim (MA): um exemplo do ecofeminismo nas experiências agroecológicas

Abstract

Ecofeminism is a current of feminism, it fights against the domination of women and nature by sexist and patriarchal society. The movement emerged in the 20th century in the United States, bringing a great debate to this feminist agenda allied to the environment. We will see how these actions are represented in Brazil. In addition, to understand the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) that defends an egalitarian cause: the right to land, conquered through a Popular Agrarian Reform. Since its foundation, it has encountered barriers in its struggle, as a result of an intense dispute with the Executive Power. In addition, the important contribution of women in the process of struggle for land and for the establishment of social rights will be highlighted. To break the sexual division of labor and face the class struggle, the Movement created a Gender Sector and develops a series of works to achieve equality throughout the process of struggle for land and throughout its unfolding. We will observe these changes, in the case of the Coletivo de Mulheres do Settlement Cristina Alves, located in the city of ItapecuruMirim, they participate in various activities of the new peasant reality, emphasizing their work beyond the domestic sphere. Through the work, we identify the initiatives practiced by the MST in defense of gender equality, based on the history of participatory actions by women since the genesis of the Movement, exemplified in the case of the Coletivo de Mulheres do Settlement Cristina Alves. As a result, we perceive their search for rights and participatory action in the agroecological movement, in addition to an intense process of rupture with patriarchal values quite dominant in rural society in Brazil.