Na pancada do mar: análise das condições de vida e trabalho das mulheres marisqueiras das comunidades pesqueiras da Reserva Ponta do Tubarão

Abstract

This monograph aimed to analyze the living and working conditions of women shellfish harvesters and fishermen in the communities: Diogo Lopes, Barreiras and Sertãozinho, located in the State Sustainable Development Reserve Ponta do Tubarão (RDSEPT). To achieve the objectives, we conducted a bibliographic and documentary survey using qualitative methodology in the light of the historical-dialectical materialist method. We also conducted individual interviews with six women shellfish harvesters from the RDSEPT fishing communities. The studies and research revealed the difficulties faced by shellfish, such as informality of work, precariousness of working conditions and invisibility and lack of access to public policies directed to this category. We also show how patriarchy, capitalism and racism structure these inequalities. Finally, we point out the need for the effectiveness of public policies, as well as the appreciation and recognition of the specificities of women shellfish harvesters and their protagonism and resistance in their territories.