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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: From wet nurses to orphaned mothers: reflections on the right to maternity in Brazi
Authors: Alzira de Oliveira Jorge
Adriana Fernandes Carajá
Gabriela Maciel Reis
Mônica Garcia Pontes
Luciana de Souza Braga
Marcelo Grossi Araújo
Sônia Lansky
Laura Macruz Feuerwerker
Abstract: Abstract This article addresses the compulsory seizing of children from vulnerable women in Brazil. Its objectives were: to discuss the violation of the right to maternity; to present the imposed restrictions especially on poor, black and indige nous women; the strategic control over their lives and children, and the resistance movements that oppose segregation. The sources of the research were: narratives of women in vulnerable situa tions, family members and health workers; interviews with strategic actors; document analysis; field journal. It became evident that vulnerabili ties -linked to the criminalization of poverty and racial prejudice- have justified these separations. The lack of responsibility that State and society practice towards the support network for women, the devaluation of non-hegemonic productions of maternity, and the reinforcement of a ‘reason of the world’, that produces violence as a tool for exclusion establishing practical limits on the right to maternity. Women and children are disregar ded in their singularities. Resistance movements have shown that intersectoral dialogues are an alternative to overcome discrimination and vul nerabilitie
Subject: Ethnic Violence
Reproductive Rights
Gender-Based Violence
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA SOCIAL
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1590/1413-81232022272.36062020
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59769
Issue Date: 2021
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232022272.36062020
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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