O papel da mulher indígena e sua representatividade/liderança dentro e fora de suas comunidades

Abstract

The study's main objective is to analyze the leadership roles that indigenous women are assuming within their communities, as well as their active participation in urban public spaces. Thus, there is an urgent need for a more serious discussion on the necessary reforms of public policies aimed at the participation of indigenous women in non-indigenous social and cultural contexts. We noticed that in the manifestations that emerged in various sociopolitical and cultural environments there is a lack of visibility in the profile of these women. Despite the difficulty of overcoming some obstacles due to a lack of social positioning, over the years, women, in general, began to fight for their rights, in search of access to education, space in the labor market and active participation in politics. The struggle of non-indigenous women served as an incentive for indigenous women to seek visibility within society, in the defense of their peoples’ rights, for the protection of the environment and, mainly, for access to education, as well as other consumer goods of the surrounding society. For the development of our research, we used the steps of qualitative methodology, since it conceives the man as a subject of action, full of multiple meanings, aspirations, values and attitudes. That is, his field of interest is focused on social phenomenas. Even with the mishaps faced by the current Pandemic moment, we concluded that the results were positives.