Mercados institucionais e empoderamento das mulheres rurais: o caso do programa de aquisição de alimentos no nordeste paraense.

Abstract

The present study discusses the relationship between the institutional market and the empowerment of women in Northeast Pará, the case of food acquisition, with the objective of analyzing the implications that the insertion in institutional markets, specifically in the Food Acquisition Program - PAA, modality purchase with simultaneous donation, generates the economic autonomy of women farmers benefiting from the program. This work is supported by bibliographical and field research, with semi-structured interviews with the women beneficiaries of the program. A quantitative approach was used to describe the socioeconomic profile of women farmers; qualitative research to deepen and understand the subjective aspects concerning the universe of the study. The participation of women farmers in the program led to the achievement of economic autonomy, increased income and overcoming the condition of subordination in relation to spouses. It provided access to actions focused on minimizing the gender inequalities that historically permeate the rural environment, especially in productive spaces. But, as this is an ongoing process that promotes the reorganization of roles and changes in power relations established in the family nucleus, it needs to effect compliance with the established quota for women, in the sense of implementing actions for the visibility of rural women, contributing fact and law for their emancipation. It is necessary to monitor the execution of the PAA, its effectiveness and efficiency, through more in-depth studies, with the objective of expanding the debates on the theme of the autonomy of women farmers, insertion in productive work and the context of commercialization. As well as socializing with interested sectors, in order to subsidize the development of Public Policies focused on promoting the empowerment and economic autonomy of women farmers.