AS INVISÍVEIS NECESSÁRIAS: trabalho e educação das mulheres catadoras de materiais recicláveis em São Luís

Abstract

The research entitled "The Invisibles Needed: Work and Education of Women Pickers of Recyclable Materials in São Luís" refers to the analysis of the work of women collectors of recyclable materials in São Luís and their relations with education and gender, based on their Reports. It addresses four interrelated themes: women, work, education and gender. Among the several authors, the following stand out: Hirata (1999), Lobo (1987), Motta (2003), Perrot (2005), Priore (2013), Saffioti (2013), Scott (1995) and Touraine (2010). The dissertation text is arranged in three chapters: in the first one, a brief overview is presented on the different concepts of work, the latter being a central category, discussing the relationship between women, work and gender, and economics. Recognition of their occupation. In the second chapter, the space where the woman collector is inserted is presented, becoming a historical retreat until the Antiquity. The aim is to situate research, starting with the contextualization of recyclable materials, through the barriers of the new National Solid Waste Policy, ending this chapter with the demands of better public policies. In the third chapter, the education of these women is the focus of the discussion, with the educational narratives, which are brought to the fore, giving the analysis of the interviewees' statements. A dialogue is made with the public policies of inclusion of this category of workers and their contradictions, as well as their implementations, in the city, São Luís, capital of the State of Maranhão. The results showed that the educational trajectories of women collectors are marked not only by schooling but also by family issues, which prevented them from continuing their schooling, which led mainly to the universe of recyclable materials. In the familiar questions appear the male domination in the figure of the father.