“TO CHANGE SOCIETY THE WAY WE WANT, BY PARTICIPATING WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING A WOMAN”

THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE SERIDÓ SOLIDARITY ECONOMY WOMEN’S FORUM

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the actions developed by the Seridó Solidarity Economy Women's Forum, understanding it as an important women's organization initiative, which emerged in 2015, with a view to developing productive, educational and political advocacy actions. It considers the Solidarity Economy as an alternative for development, contrary to the capitalist mode of production, based on the principles of self-management, solidarity, cooperation and respect for the environment. Furthermore, the Solidarity Economy is presented through its educational, critical and contesting potential that signals the organization of the working class, with a view to the struggle to overcome capitalism. This is a bibliographic and documentary study, guided by the critical-dialectic method, as it starts from the analysis of the social totality, to understand the local and particular reality of the Seridó Potiguar region. It concludes that the Seridó Solidarity Economy Women's Forum has educational potential, which contributes to women's organization, defense of rights and fight for a Good Living society.