Memórias narrativas do projeto mulheres de Fortaleza: igualdade de gênero e inclusão social

Abstract

In Brazil, the approach by gender reveals barriers to women's inclusion. Even though women have a higher rate in formal education, they are discriminated when entering the labor market. The Mulheres de Fortaleza Project (MFP), developed since 2007 with women in vulnerable situation, aims at increasing the level of education, decreasing economic exclusion and realizing the citizen rights. The overall objective was to understand the perception of the participants of the first two classes on the MFP. In particular it was necessary to identify interpretations of inclusion and participation in the activities and also identify actions to better applicability. The work was characterized as an exploratory case study with a qualitative approach, from the interpretation of oral statements of 26 women. The inductive method was used to reach broad conclusions about the effectiveness of the Project. It was concluded that among the positive points were discussions about citizenship for better awareness of rights and duties, and approval of activities. However, the results also showed critical points of improvement, suggested appropriately by the participants.