Mulheres, ambiente e conflitos socioambientais: tecendo um diálogo com a história ambiental de Pernambuco

Abstract

Society today is suffering from a civilizing crisis that increasingly highlights the need to break with current development paradigms. This crisis manifests itself in the micro and macro field of action, whether in the intellectual, social, political, environmental, cultural spheres; all which stem from a larger crisis: the crisis of the neoliberal capitalist system of modernity. The product of these relations, for Latinoamérica, is the pattern of economic exploitation by the Nordic countries, the institutionalized expression of a patriarchal and colonial society, in addition to a series of socio-environmental injustices suffered by the countries of the global south, which fall more intensely on life. of the women. Considering historical records as a

fundamental instrument for observing a given society (in its society-society and society- nature relations), as well as the culture of silencing and invisibility of women's voices and

contexts, this work aimed to characterize the context of socioenvironmental struggle in Pernambuco from the perspective of women - understanding the term as the individual's own expression in society, therefore not referring to biological sex. The methodology used in this research was based on the case study and interviews with a perspective approach, in which 13 interlocutors participated. The interviewed women present a leadership profile in their activities, whether in social movements, traditional, original, grassroots communities, universities, and research institutions, as well as from the management structures of the public power. The period of coverage of the reports and information organized in this work corresponded to the period from 1980 to 2019, without the intention, however, to exhaust all the events of these years. As a result, it was possible to observe how the socio-environmental contexts of Pernambuco are felt and experienced from the perspectives of women,

highlighting valuable information for visualizing the dynamics and processes of socio- environmental resistance in the state of Pernambuco. The interference of the type of

environment in cultures (which includes the economy, social and political dynamics, etc.), a broader and more integrated conception of the environment and its relationship with people's quality of life, the position of front of women in socio-environmental struggles (in political and domestic spaces), the relations between theory and practice between the state, modern science and social movements in the face of socio-environmental contexts, and the importance of popular organization and women in resistance processes are treated as main results. From this information and perspectives, some guidelines were mentioned in order to build a more just and sustainable society for Pernambuco. Finally, it was possible to perceive the number of strategies that are lost when ignoring the experiences of women, both in the sense that they are the most vulnerable point in relation to social and environmental injustices - and that is why they live and feel these contexts differently -, as well as in the power of these wisdoms in building a more critical, fair, and sustainable society. The approach also emphasized the need to incorporate the experiences of other women, from other perspectives, for an even broader view, pointing to the possibility of a theme for later work.