PEASANT WOMEN AND PRODUCTIVITY

CASE STUDY OF THE COLLECTIVE OF PEASANT WOMEN OF THE ELI VIVE SETTLEMENT, LONDRINA – PR

Abstract

The Brazilian agrarian space has always been marked by several conflicts. This is mainly due to the poor distribution of land that has been present in the territory since the colonial period. The policies of agrarian reform are often made unfeasible by the State and seeking to fight for changes in this scenario, the social movements of the countryside arise. The Eli Vive Settlement is the result of one of these movements: The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), and within the movement, there is great articulation and participation of women in the whole process of struggle and conquest of these territories. The objective of this work is to help the collective of peasant women, carrying out a price survey that helps them when pricing their products and producing promotional materials for social networks, enabling an increase in sales of less consumed products. For this, field work was carried out in the Eli Vive II Settlement and in fairs and grocery stores in the municipality of Londrina - PR. It is concluded with this work that the Collective of Peasant Women is characterized as an important territoriality and that, through this group, women strengthen their commercialization, their productions and also strengthen themselves as women and peasants, fighting for their space in society.